Island Nights' Entertainments

Island Nights' Entertainments, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Title: Island Nights' Entertainments
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Release Date: August 28, 2008 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8
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Transcribed from the 1905 Chatto and Windus Edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
Island Nights’ Entertainments
Contents: The Beach of Falesá A south sea bridal The Ban The Missionary Devil-work Night in the bush The Bottle Imp The Isle of voices
THE BEACH OF FALESÁ.
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 ...