"'Of there to the right-somewhere-is a large island,' said Whitney. 'It's rather a mystery-'"
"With his remaining strength he dragged himself from the swirling waters. Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness."
"'The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island,' Whitney replied. 'A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailor have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition-'"
"But what kind of men, he wondered, in so forbidding a place? An unbroken front of snarled and ragged jungle fringed the shore."
"His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff."
"The stone steps were real enough; the massive door with a leering gargoyle for a knocker was real enough; yet above it all hung an air of unreality."
"It was a huge, ceilinged bedroom with a canopied bed big enough for six men that Rainsford followed the silent giant."
"About the hall were mounted heads of many animals-lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears; larger or more prefect specimens Rainsford had never seen."
"The dining room to which Ivan conducted him was in many ways remarkable. There was a medieval magnificence about it."
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