Marah's

Marah's wound was not very severe; but he had had a great shock, and would not be able to exert himself for many weeks.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

Marah's horse took the bit in his teeth, and something of his terror was in our horses too.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

Smugglers were not merciful to traitors (it is said that they once tied a traitor to a post at low-water mark, and let the tide drown him), and Marah's words made me feel that Mr

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

I saw Marah's right hand raise his horse-pistol, as the sergeant stepped nearer.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

Sometimes we would have a fleet of ships of the line anchored close to the shore, and then we would fire at them with the gun and with one of Marah's pistols till we had shattered them to bits and sunk them.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

In the next there would be a feeling of despair, that the men lay there, dead through my fault, killed by Marah's orders, and flung among the gorse for the crows and gulls.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

"Those were good fire-crackers," said Marah's friend.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

I slept in a dazed, light-headed fashion (as I had slept in the afternoon) till some time early in the morning (at about one o'clock), when a hand shook my hammock, and Marah's voice bade me rise.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

In a moment, as it seemed, we were past the houses, and over the rocks by the brook-mouth; and there, with a groan, Marah's horse came down.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

As I stepped out, the adventure, the fight, Marah's wound, all the tumult of the battle, seemed very far away, and as though they had happened to some one else who had told me of them.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922