The O'flynn
A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The O'flynn: A Novel<br><br>A Man leaned on the bulwark of a ship and stared across a squabble of waves at a coast rising from the horizon. The water about the bows was a troubled green, for the sea still churned from the late bad weather. The land that he could now see distinctly without aid of spyglass was green too, with a warmer, kinder color than the hue of the querulous ocean. The man at gaze was indifferent to the bickering of the billows; his sturdy stomach had defied them when they were leaping their loftiest in the past days of angry weather and it now disdained their faded brawlings. The sea might wear what color it pleased for him; it was the color of that distant coast which concerned him, thrilled him, almost troubled him out of his soldierly serenity. Though no mist of tears dimmed the lightness and brightness of his wide blue eyes he knew himself - and was not in the least ashamed of the knowledge - that a very deluge of moisture would drench his cheeks if he allowed the Moses of his imagination to strike the rock of his fortitude.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.