CLUES > YAWL SAIL WIND WAIT TERMINATE JOINT SPACE CANVAS REST MOTION
The Nellie, a cruising (1)____________, swung to her anchor (2)____________ a flutter of the (3)____________, and was at rest. (4)____________ flood had made, the (5)____________ was nearly calm, and (6)____________ bound down the river, (7)____________ only thing for it (8)____________ to come to and (9)____________ for the turn of (10)____________ tide.
The Nellie, a cruising (1)____________, swung to her anchor (2)____________ a flutter of the (3)____________, and was at rest. (4)____________ flood had made, the (5)____________ was nearly calm, and (6)____________ bound down the river, (7)____________ only thing for it (8)____________ to come to and (9)____________ for the turn of (10)____________ tide.
The sea-reach of (11)____________ Thames stretched before us (12)____________ the beginning of an (13)____________ waterway. In the offing (14)____________ sea and the sky (15)____________ welded together without a (16)____________, and in the luminous (17)____________ the tanned sails of (18)____________ barges drifting up with (19)____________ tide seemed to stand (20)____________ in red clusters of (21)____________ sharply peaked, with gleams (22)____________ varnished sprits. A haze (23)____________ on the low shores (24)____________ ran out to sea (25)____________ vanishing flatness. The air (26)____________ dark above Gravesend, and (27)____________ back still seemed condensed (28)____________ a mournful gloom, brooding (29)____________ over the biggest, and (30)____________ greatest, town on earth.
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HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
CLUES > YAWL SAIL WIND WAIT TERMINATE JOINT SPACE CANVAS REST MOTION
The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.
The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. A haze rested on the low shores that ran out to sea in vanishing flatness. The air was dark above Gravesend, and farther back still seemed condensed into a mournful gloom, brooding motionless over the biggest, and the greatest, town on earth.
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