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  • "I should think you would spend some time with her," Janders suggested.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • Keoki spoke first, then Janders and the Whipples, but when it came time for Jerusha, who in the last days had appreciated for the first time the courage Malama had shown in governing Maui, she did not speak but bowed and kissed the sick woman.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • If my other son, Janders, had lived ... well, that might have been a different story.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • Therefore, the Thetis remained tied to shore in her snug fishhook harbor while Captain Janders, Mister Collins, Abner and John Whipple climbed a small hill to survey the wild con - fluence of the oceans.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • The next pair were brothers to whom Janders had sold a complete Canton suit; one wore the coat and nothing else; his brother wore the pants and white gloves.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • Janders called at the expiry of two of his vital eight minutes, and this time the sailors shouted madly, and the ropes moved, and the after mainsail crept slowly up the swaying mast, and wind was mysteriously trapped in its triangular expanse, and the sliding shoreward stopped.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • "Let me give one bit of advice, young fellow," Janders said, addressing Whipple.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • "Captain Janders is taking him back to his ship," one of the wives explained.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • And yet grudgingly they had to admire his determination, particularly when Captain Janders began to rail against him.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • At that moment above decks, Captain Janders was shouting in fury, "Goddamnit, Mister Collins, we can't make it!"

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

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