{"product_id":"2940013301337","title":"The Middy And The Moors","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN ALGERINE STORY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HERO IS BLOWN AWAY, CAPTURED, CRUSHED, COMFORTED, AND ASTONISHED.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne beautiful summer night, about the beginning of the present century,\u003cbr\u003ea young naval officer entered the public drawing-room of a hotel at\u003cbr\u003eNice, and glanced round as if in search of some one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany people were assembled there--some in robust, others in delicate,\u003cbr\u003ehealth, many in that condition which rendered it doubtful to which class\u003cbr\u003ethey belonged, but all engaged in the quiet buzz of conversation which,\u003cbr\u003ein such a place, is apt to set in after dinner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe young Englishman, for such he evidently was, soon observed an\u003cbr\u003eelderly lady beckoning to him at the other end of the _salon_, and was\u003cbr\u003equickly seated between her and a fragile girl whose hand he gently took\u003cbr\u003ehold of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mother,\" he said, to the elderly lady, \"I'm going to have a row on the\u003cbr\u003eMediterranean.  The night is splendid, the air balmy, the stars\u003cbr\u003egorgeous.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Now, George,\" interrupted the girl, with a little smile, \"don't be\u003cbr\u003eflowery.  We know all about that.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Too bad,\" returned the youth; \"I never rise to poetry in your presence,\u003cbr\u003eMinnie, without being snubbed.  But you cannot cure me.  Romance is too\u003cbr\u003edeeply ingrained in my soul.  Poetry flows from me like--like anything!\u003cbr\u003eI am a midshipman in the British Navy, a position which affords scope\u003cbr\u003efor the wildest enthusiasm, and--and--I'll astonish you yet, see if I\u003cbr\u003edon't.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am sure you will, dear boy,\" said his mother; and she believed that\u003cbr\u003ehe would!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of course you will,\" added his sister; and she at least hoped that he\u003cbr\u003ewould.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145623716080,"sku":"2940013301337","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013301337_p0.jpg?v=1763579391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013301337","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}