Island Nights’ Entertainments 岛上夜间的娱乐

Island Nights' Entertainments 1 Island Nights' Entertainments Robert Louis Stevenson. 1905 Edition. 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org Island Nights' Entertainments 2 CONTENT A south sea bridal The Ban The Missionary Devil-work Night in the bush The Bottle Imp The Isle of voices 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org Island Nights' Entertainments 3 THE BEACH OF FALESA. CHAPTER I. A SOUTH SEA BRIDAL. I SAW that island first when it was neither night nor morning. The moon was to the west, setting, but still broad and bright. To the east, and right amidships of the dawn, which was all pink, the daystar sparkled like a diamond. The land breeze blew in our faces, and smelt strong of wild lime and vanilla: other things besides, but these were the most plain; and the chill of it set me sneezing. I should say I had been for years on a low island near the line, living for the most part solitary among natives. Here was a fresh experience: even the tongue would be quite strange to me; and the look of these woods and mountains, and the rare smell of them, renewed my blood. The captain blew out the binnacle lamp. "There!" sa......