Romance Jay, Harriett: My Connaught Cousins Vol 2. v1. 8 Aug 2016

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Harriett Jay (September 2, 1853 – December 21, 1932) was a British writer and playwright who often wrote under the pseudonym of Charles Marlowe. Several of her plays were turned into films. She is best known for her 1906 comedy play When Knights Were Bold

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IN order to see all that there was to he seen in Storport, I one evening accepted Shawn’s invitation to go with the boys to the herring fishing. We started at sunset, and were out all night; but as soon as the work was over, and the faint glimmering of dawn appeared in the east, we turned our boat’s bow towards the shore, and pulled swiftly homewards. There lay the group of curraghs, still upon the scene of their labour, loaded with phosphorescent fish and dripping nets, and manned with crews of shivering, weary men. The sea, which during the night had been throbbing convulsively, was calm and bright as a polished mirror, while the grey cliffs were faintly shadowed forth by the lustrous light of the moon

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