{"product_id":"2940013650350","title":"THE TREMENDOUS EVENT","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THE FIRST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                                                 PAGE\u003cbr\u003eI.      THE SUIT                                          13\u003cbr\u003eII.     THE CROSSING                                      32\u003cbr\u003eIII.    GOOD-BYE SIMON                                    54\u003cbr\u003eIV.     THE GREAT UPHEAVAL                                71\u003cbr\u003eV.      VIRGIN SOIL                                       85\u003cbr\u003eVI.     TRIUMPH                                           98\u003cbr\u003eVII.    LYNX-EYE                                         120\u003cbr\u003eVIII.   ON THE WAR-PATH                                  143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THE SECOND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.      INSIDE THE WRECK                                 169\u003cbr\u003eII.     ALONG THE CABLE                                  189\u003cbr\u003eIII.    SIDE BY SIDE                                     209\u003cbr\u003eIV.     THE BATTLE                                       223\u003cbr\u003eV.      THE CHIEF'S REWARD                               242\u003cbr\u003eVI.     HELL ON EARTH                                    265\u003cbr\u003eVII.    THE FIGHT FOR THE GOLD                           282\u003cbr\u003eVIII.   THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES    301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THE FIRST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tremendous Event\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SUIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, but this is terrible!\" cried Simon Dubosc. \"Edward, just listen!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the young Frenchman, drawing his friend away from the tables\u003cbr\u003earranged in little groups on the terraces of the club-house, showed\u003cbr\u003ehim, in the late edition of the _Argus_, which a motorcyclist had just\u003cbr\u003ebrought to the New Golf Club, this telegram, printed in heavy type:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"BOULOGNE, _20 May_.--The master and crew of a\u003cbr\u003e      fishing-vessel which has returned to harbour declare\u003cbr\u003e      that this morning, at a spot mid-way between the\u003cbr\u003e      French and English coasts, they saw a large steamer\u003cbr\u003e      lifted up by a gigantic waterspout. After standing on\u003cbr\u003e      end with her whole length out of the water, she\u003cbr\u003e      pitched forward and disappeared in the space of a few\u003cbr\u003e      seconds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"Such violent eddies followed and the sea, until then\u003cbr\u003e      quite calm, was affected by such abnormal convulsions\u003cbr\u003e      that the fishermen had to row their hardest to avoid\u003cbr\u003e      being dragged into the whirlpool. The naval\u003cbr\u003e      authorities are sending a couple of tugs to the site\u003cbr\u003e      of the disaster.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, Rolleston, what do you think of it?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Terrible indeed!\" replied the Englishman. \"Two days ago, the _Ville\u003cbr\u003ede Dunkerque_. To-day another ship, and in the same place. There's a\u003cbr\u003ecoincidence about it. . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That's precisely what a second telegram says,\" exclaimed Simon,\u003cbr\u003econtinuing to read:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"3. O. P. M.--The steamer sunk between Folkestone and\u003cbr\u003e      Boulogne is the transatlantic liner _Brabant_, of the\u003cbr\u003e      Rotterdam-Amerika Co., carrying twelve hundred\u003cbr\u003e      passengers and a crew of eight hundred. No survivors\u003cbr\u003e      have been picked up. The bodies of the drowned are\u003cbr\u003e      beginning to rise to the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"There is no doubt that this terrifying calamity, like\u003cbr\u003e      the loss of the _Ville de Dunkerque_ two days ago, was\u003cbr\u003e      caused by one of those mysterious phenomena which have\u003cbr\u003e      been disturbing the Straits of Dover during the past\u003cbr\u003e      week and in which a number of vessels were nearly\u003cbr\u003e      lost, before the sinking of the _Brabant_ and the\u003cbr\u003e      _Ville de Dunkerque_.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two young men were silent. Leaning on the balustrade which runs\u003cbr\u003ealong the terrace of the club-house, they gazed beyond the cliffs at\u003cbr\u003ethe vast circle of the sea. It was peaceful and kindly innocent of\u003cbr\u003eanger or treachery; its near surface was crossed by fine streaks of\u003cbr\u003egreen or yellow, while, farther out, it was flawless and blue as the\u003cbr\u003esky and, farther still, beneath the motionless cloud, grey as a great\u003cbr\u003esheet of slate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, above Brighton, the sun, already dipping towards the downs, shone\u003cbr\u003ethrough the clouds; and a luminous trail of gold-dust appeared upon\u003cbr\u003ethe sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"_La perfide!_\" murmured Simon Dubosc. He understood English\u003cbr\u003eperfectly, but always spoke French with his friend. \"The perfidious\u003cbr\u003ebrute: how beautiful she is, how attractive! Would you ever have\u003cbr\u003ethought her capable of these malevolent whims, which are so\u003cbr\u003edestructive and murderous? Are you crossing to-night, Rolleston?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, Newhaven to Dieppe.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You'll be quite safe,\" said Simon. \"The sea has had her two wrecks;\u003cbr\u003eshe's sated. But why are you in such a hurry to go?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have to interview a crew at Dieppe to-morrow morning; I am putting\u003cbr\u003emy yacht in commission. Then, in the afternoon, to Paris, I expect;\u003cbr\u003eand, in a week's time, a cruise to Norway. And you, Simon?\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070129914096,"sku":"2940013650350","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013650350_p0.jpg?v=1763583918","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013650350","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}