The story of the search for love and happiness. The hero finds his ideal of femininity in two completely different girls, but only one truly believes and loves him.
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In the port of the fictional country of Greenland, Thomas Harvey notices a beautiful girl. He learns her name - Biche Seniel, and begins to dream of meeting her. That same evening, while playing cards, he hears someone whispering “Running on the Waves,” but does not attach any importance to it.
Later, Harvey sets sail on a ship called the Wave Runner. He learns that the ship previously belonged to Biche's father. The young man is confident that the ship will lead him to his dream. However, soon a serious conflict occurs between Thomas and Captain Gez. The hero is put into a boat and released into the open sea.
Suddenly, a young beautiful woman appears in the boat, covered from head to toe. Frezi shows Thomas the right path to meet the rescue ship. She tells him not to tell anyone about her. Having landed on the water, Frezi runs off into the distance along the waves.
Thomas is picked up by a ship, where he meets the charming Daisy. Arriving in the city, the young man sees a marble statue of a woman with the inscription “Running on the Waves.” It was erected in honor of Frezi, who saved the city's founder from certain death at sea.
In the city, Thomas meets Beachy, who wants to buy the schooner Wave Runner. Communicating with the girl, the hero realizes how far they are from each other. A few years later, fate brings him together with Daisy. Thomas is sure that she is the love of his life and marries her.
Still from the film “Wave Runner” (1967)
In the evening they played cards at Steers's. Among those gathered was Thomas Harvey, a young man stranded in Liss due to a serious illness. During the game, Harvey heard a woman's voice clearly say: “Running on the waves.” Moreover, the other players did not hear anything.
The day before, from the window of the tavern, Harvey watched as a girl got off the ship, acting as if she was gifted with the secret of subjugating circumstances and people. The next morning, Thomas went to find out where the stranger who had struck him was staying, and learned that her name was Biche Seniel.
For some reason, he saw a connection between the stranger and yesterday’s incident behind the cards. This guess became stronger when in the port he saw a ship with light lines and on its board the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
Captain Guez, an unfriendly and harsh man, refused to take Harvey as a passenger without the permission of the owner, a certain Brown.
With Brown's note, the captain received Harvey almost kindly and introduced him to his assistants Sinkwright and Butler, who made a good impression, unlike the rest of the crew, who looked more like rabble than sailors.
During the voyage, Thomas learned that the ship was built by Ned Seniel. Seniel Harvey had already seen the portrait of his daughter Bice on the table in the captain's cabin. Guez bought the ship when Ned went broke.
At Dagon, three women boarded. Harvey did not want to take part in the fun that had begun with the captain, and he stayed at his place. After some time, hearing the screams of one of the women and the threats of the drunken captain, Harvey intervened and, in defense, knocked the captain down with a blow to the jaw.
In a rage, Guez ordered to be put into a boat and launched into the open sea. When the boat was already drifting away from the side, a woman wrapped from head to toe deftly jumped over to Harvey. Under a hail of ridicule, they set sail from the ship.
When the stranger spoke, Harvey realized that it was this voice that he had heard at Steers’s party. The girl called herself Frezi Grant and told Harvey to head south. There he will be picked up by a ship heading to Gel-Gyu. Having made him promise not to tell anyone about her, including Beach Seniel, Frezi Grant stepped onto the water and rushed off into the distance along the waves. By noon, Harvey actually met the “Dive”, going to Gel-Gyu. Here on the ship, Harvey again heard about Frezi Grant. One day, in a completely calm sea, a rising wave lowered her father’s frigate near the extraordinary beauty of the island, to which there was no possibility of mooring. Frezi, however, insisted, and then the young lieutenant casually noted that the girl was so thin and light that she could run on water. In response, she jumped onto the water and easily ran through the waves. Then the fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor the girl was visible. They say she began to appear as a castaway.
Harvey listened to the legend with special attention, but only Daisy, Proctor’s niece, noticed this. Finally, “Dive” approached Gel-Gyu. The city was in the grip of a carnival. Harvey walked along with the motley crowd and found himself near a marble figure, on the pedestal of which was the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
The city, it turns out, was founded by Williams Hobbes, who was shipwrecked a hundred years ago in the surrounding waters. And Frezi Grant saved him, running along the waves and naming a course that led Hobbes to the then deserted shore, where he settled.
Then a woman called out to Harvey and said that a person in a yellow dress with brown fringe was waiting for him at the theater. Having no doubt that it was Bice Seniel, Harvey hurried to the theater. But the woman dressed as said turned out to be Daisy. She was disappointed that Harvey called her by Beeche's name and quickly left. A minute later Harvey saw Bice Seniel. She brought money and was now looking for a meeting with Guez to buy the ship. Harvey managed to find out which hotel Guez was staying at. The next morning he went there with Butler. They went up to the captain. Guez lay with a bullet through his head.
People came running. Suddenly they brought Biche Seniel. It turned out that the day before the captain was very drunk. In the morning a young lady came to him, and then a shot rang out. The girl was detained on the stairs. But then Butler spoke up and admitted that it was he who killed Guez.
He had his own account with the scammer. It turns out that the Wave Runner was carrying a cargo of opium, and Butler was owed a significant portion of the income, but the captain deceived him.
He didn’t find Gyoza in the room, and when he appeared with the lady, Butler hid in the closet. But the date ended in an ugly scene, and in order to get rid of Guez, the girl jumped out of the window onto the landing, where she was later detained. When Butler got out of the closet, the captain attacked him, and Butler had no choice but to kill him.
Having learned the truth about the ship, Beach ordered the desecrated ship to be sold at auction. Before parting, Harvey told Beach about his meeting with Frezi Grant. Beach suddenly began to insist that his story was a legend. Harvey thought that Daisy would have taken his story with complete confidence, and remembered with regret that Daisy was engaged.
Some time passed. One day in Lega, Harvey met Daisy. She broke up with her fiancé, and there was no regret in her story about it. Soon Harvey and Daisy got married. Doctor Filatr visited their house on the seashore.
He spoke about the fate of the ship "Running on the Waves", the dilapidated hull of which he discovered near a deserted island. How and under what circumstances the crew left the ship remained a mystery.
Saw Filatr and Bice Seniel. She was already married and gave Harvey a short letter wishing him happiness.
Daisy, she said, expected the letter to recognize Harvey's right to see what he wanted. Daisy Harvey speaks for everyone: “Thomas Harvey, you are right. Everything was as you said. Frezi Grant! You exist! Answer me!”
"Good evening friends! - we heard from the sea. “I’m in a hurry, I’m running...”
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The novel “Running on the Waves” was written in 1928. It's touching romantic story about how important it is to follow your dreams without giving up and not paying attention to various life obstacles. We recommend reading the summary of “Running on the Waves” chapter by chapter. A retelling of the book can be used in preparation for a literature lesson.
Main characters of the novel
Main characters:
- Thomas Harvey is a young man, sublime, romantic, deeply decent.
Other characters:
- Filatr is a doctor and a close friend of Thomas.
- William Gez is the captain of the ship “Running on the Waves”, a harsh, unfriendly, mean person.
- Butler - assistant to captain Geza.
- Frezi Grant - beautiful young girl, a vision that saved people on the high seas.
- Biché Seniel is a nineteen-year-old girl, practical and purposeful.
- Phineas Proctor is the owner of the ship "Dive" who saved Thomas.
- Daisy is Proctor's niece, an emotional, lively girl.
Green "Running on the Waves" very briefly
Thomas Harvey was stuck in Lissa due to serious illness. Having almost recovered, he whiled away the time playing cards at Steers's. It was on this evening that Thomas first heard an unfamiliar disembodied voice quietly but clearly pronouncing the phrase “Running on the Waves.”
Harvey remembered how shortly before this he had seen a girl getting off the ship. Something about her appearance and posture attracted him, and he decided that he must find out who this mysterious person was. After some investigation, he found out that her name was Biche Saniel. After Thomas found out her name, he saw a ship called the Wave Runner. Harvey felt that the voice he had heard the day before, Beach and this ship were somehow connected.
Harvey decided that he needed to get on this ship. His commander, Captain Gez, turned out to be a rude and unpleasant person, and agreed to accept Thomas as a passenger only after he brought him a note from the ship's owner, Mr. Brown.
Already on board, Thomas found out that the ship was built by Ned Saiel, the father of the very Biche whom main character I recently saw it from afar. The owner went bankrupt, and then Gez bought “Running”
During the stop, three girls entered the ship and went to have fun with the captain. After some time, Thomas heard the frightened exclamations of one of them and the stern threats of Geza. Harvey stood up for the girl and got involved and beat the captain.
Gez decided to get rid of Harvey for this and sent him to the open sea in a boat. When Thomas was already sailing, one of the ladies jumped into his boat and they sailed away.
This girl's name is Frezi Grant, and Harvey immediately recognized her voice: it was this voice that he heard then, while playing cards. Frezi asked Harvey to sail south, promising that there he would meet a ship heading to Gel-Gyu. Frezi Grant also asked him never to tell anyone about her, and after that she got out of the boat and walked away, walking straight on the sea waves.
Harvey was left alone, and soon he was indeed picked up by a ship that was traveling along the course indicated by Frezi. The ship's crew told Thomas a beautiful fairy tale about Frezi Grant. The superstitious say that she comes to those who have been shipwrecked at sea. There was a girl, Daisy, on the ship, and only she noticed how attentively the main character listened to the story.
Soon the ship arrived at the appointed city, where at that time a carnival full of colors and fun was taking place. This city was built by Captain William Hobbes, who, according to legend, was saved from certain death during the collapse of Frezi Grant.
Soon here he met Biche, who was suspected of murdering Captain Ghez. However, an investigation revealed that it was not her. Biche had long wanted to take the ship away from him. However, when, after his death, she learned that opium was transported on it, she refused the purchase.
Thomas decided to tell her that he met the Wave Runner, but she did not believe him. After a long time, Harvey married Daisy, who, on the contrary, believed Thomas's stories and came into contact with Frezi Grant.
You can read the chapters and descriptions of the characters on our website. The author sought to show in his work the possibility of the victory of dreams over everyday life. Alexander Green's story "Scarlet Sails" tells about the girl Assol, her loyalty to her dream and desire for it. The main conflict of the story “Scarlet Sails” is the confrontation between dreams and reality.
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Green Running on the Waves summary:
In the evening they played cards at Steers's. Among those gathered was Thomas Harvey, a young man stranded in Liss due to a serious illness. During the game, Harvey heard a woman's voice clearly say: “Running on the waves.” Moreover, the other players did not hear anything.
The day before, from the window of the tavern, Harvey watched as a girl got off the ship, acting as if she was gifted with the secret of subjugating circumstances and people. The next morning, Thomas went to find out where the stranger who had struck him was staying, and learned that her name was Biche Seniel.
For some reason, he saw a connection between the stranger and yesterday’s incident behind the cards. This guess became stronger when in the port he saw a ship with light lines and on its board the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
Captain Guez, an unfriendly and harsh man, refused to take Harvey as a passenger without the permission of the owner, a certain Brown.
With Brown's note, the captain received Harvey almost kindly and introduced him to his assistants Sinkwright and Butler, who made a good impression, unlike the rest of the crew, who looked more like rabble than sailors.
During the voyage, Thomas learned that the ship was built by Ned Seniel. Seniel Harvey had already seen the portrait of his daughter Bice on the table in the captain's cabin. Guez bought the ship when Ned went broke.
At Dagon, three women boarded. Harvey did not want to take part in the fun that had begun with the captain, and he stayed at his place. After some time, hearing the screams of one of the women and the threats of the drunken captain, Harvey intervened and, in defense, knocked the captain down with a blow to the jaw.
In a rage, Guez ordered to be put into a boat and launched into the open sea. When the boat was already drifting away from the side, a woman wrapped from head to toe deftly jumped over to Harvey. Under a hail of ridicule, they set sail from the ship.
When the stranger spoke, Harvey realized that it was this voice that he had heard at Steers’s party. The girl called herself Frezi Grant and told Harvey to head south. There he will be picked up by a ship heading to Gel-Gyu. Having made him promise not to tell anyone about her, including Beach Seniel, Frezi Grant stepped onto the water and rushed off into the distance along the waves. By noon, Harvey actually met the “Dive”, going to Gel-Gyu. Here on the ship, Harvey again heard about Frezi Grant.
One day, in a completely calm sea, a rising wave lowered her father’s frigate near the extraordinary beauty of the island, to which there was no possibility of mooring. Frezi, however, insisted, and then the young lieutenant casually noted that the girl was so thin and light that she could run on water. In response, she jumped onto the water and easily ran through the waves. Then the fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor the girl was visible. They say she began to appear as a castaway.
Harvey listened to the legend with special attention, but only Daisy, Proctor’s niece, noticed this. Finally, “Dive” approached Gel-Gyu. The city was in the grip of a carnival. Harvey walked along with the motley crowd and found himself near a marble figure, on the pedestal of which was the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
The city, it turns out, was founded by Williams Hobbes, who was shipwrecked a hundred years ago in the surrounding waters. And Frezi Grant saved him, running along the waves and naming a course that led Hobbes to the then deserted shore, where he settled.
Then a woman called out to Harvey and said that a person in a yellow dress with brown fringe was waiting for him at the theater. Having no doubt that it was Bice Seniel, Harvey hurried to the theater. But the woman dressed as said turned out to be Daisy. She was disappointed that Harvey called her by Beeche's name and quickly left.
A minute later Harvey saw Bice Seniel. She brought money and was now looking for a meeting with Guez to buy the ship. Harvey managed to find out which hotel Guez was staying at. The next morning he went there with Butler. They went up to the captain. Guez lay with a bullet through his head.
People came running. Suddenly they brought Biche Seniel. It turned out that the day before the captain was very drunk. In the morning a young lady came to him, and then a shot rang out. The girl was detained on the stairs. But then Butler spoke up and admitted that it was he who killed Guez.
He had his own account with the scammer. It turns out that the Wave Runner was carrying a cargo of opium, and Butler was owed a significant portion of the income, but the captain deceived him.
He didn’t find Gyoza in the room, and when he appeared with the lady, Butler hid in the closet. But the date ended in an ugly scene, and in order to get rid of Guez, the girl jumped out of the window onto the landing, where she was later detained. When Butler got out of the closet, the captain attacked him, and Butler had no choice but to kill him.
Having learned the truth about the ship, Beach ordered the desecrated ship to be sold at auction. Before parting, Harvey told Beach about his meeting with Frezi Grant. Beach suddenly began to insist that his story was a legend. Harvey thought that Daisy would have taken his story with complete confidence, and remembered with regret that Daisy was engaged.
Some time passed. One day in Lega, Harvey met Daisy. She broke up with her fiancé, and there was no regret in her story about it. Soon Harvey and Daisy got married. Doctor Filatr visited their house on the seashore.
He spoke about the fate of the ship "Running on the Waves", the dilapidated hull of which he discovered near a deserted island. How and under what circumstances the crew left the ship remained a mystery.
Saw Filatr and Bice Seniel. She was already married and gave Harvey a short letter wishing him happiness.
Daisy, she said, expected the letter to recognize Harvey's right to see what he wanted. Daisy Harvey speaks for everyone: “Thomas Harvey, you are right. Everything was as you said. Frezi Grant! You exist! Answer me!”
"Good evening friends! - we heard from the sea. “I’m in a hurry, I’m running...”
Contents of the novel “Running on the Waves” by chapters
A. Green Running on the Waves summary:
Chapters 1–6
Thomas Harvey was forced to make a stop at Lisse due to a sudden illness that literally knocked him off his feet. After being discharged from the hospital, he rented a small apartment for himself to finally improve his health.
While having lunch at a port tavern, Thomas noticed a girl coming down the steamer's ladder. She was slender, pretty and royally calm amid the chaos surrounding her seaport. The next morning, Thomas learned the name of the beautiful stranger - Biche Seniel.
Thanks to the treating doctor Filatr, Thomas Harvey became acquainted with local society. One day, while playing cards, a young man “heard a special female voice saying with emphasis: “... Running on the waves.” He found out that none of those present, except him alone, had heard this strange phrase. Thomas felt a certain connection between the woman's voice he heard and the beautiful stranger.
In the port, the young man found a ship with the inscription “Running on the Waves.” He went on deck, and, meeting the harsh captain of the ship, William Geza, asked to be taken on board the ship as a passenger.
Ghez was against having a passenger on a cargo ship, since “it always leads to some kind of trouble or hassle.” Thomas was forced to go directly to the ship's owner to obtain permission.
Chapters 7–12
In Brown's office "Armator and Cargo", among the visitors, Thomas noticed an "excited sailor", from whom he learned "that Gez is a real devil." Their conversation was overheard by another sailor, who reported that “Captain Gez, firstly, is a real sailor, and secondly, an excellent and kind-hearted man.”
Having received a note from Brown with permission to travel on the sailing ship “Running on the Waves,” Thomas gave it to Gez, and he became more friendly with the young man. He said that, in addition to him, there would be other ladies on board.
The captain introduced the new passenger to his assistants, Sinkwright and Butler, who seemed to the young man to be quite decent people. The rest of the team looked more like a motley rabble.
Chapters 13–17
Already on the open sea, Thomas learned that “the ship was built by Ned Seniel fourteen years ago.” Hearing a familiar surname, the young man began to listen with much greater attention to the story of “Running on the Waves.”
It turned out that several years ago Ned Seniel went bankrupt and was forced to sell the ship to Gezu, and then it passed to Brown. In the captain's cabin there was a portrait of Seniel's daughter, Biche.
Soon the Wave Runner dropped anchor in the port of Dagon, where three young women boarded the ship: a redhead, a blonde and a black-haired one. Realizing the purpose for which the ladies were on the ship, Thomas “confirmed his intention to retire completely.”
Suddenly “crying and fussing was heard; then a terrible, hysterical scream.” Thomas tried to protect the woman from the advances of the drunken Gez, and knocked the captain down with a strong blow to the jaw.
Unable to tolerate such humiliation, the captain put Thomas Harvey in the boat and pushed it into the open sea. At the last moment, he was joined by a girl who, in some unknown way, ended up on the ship. Her name was Frezi Grant, and her voice seemed very familiar to Thomas. Suddenly he remembered under what circumstances he heard it - it was the same voice that uttered the phrase “Running on the Waves” when the young man was playing cards.
Frezi Grant advised Thomas to head south and row as quickly as possible. At dawn he must meet a ship that will take him on board. The girl also said that he would definitely meet with Biche Seniel, but asked not to tell her about this meeting.
Then Frezi stepped over the side of the boat, and Thomas managed to notice “how quickly and easily she runs away” across the water surface.
Chapters 18–20
The next morning, Thomas was rescued by the crew of the ship "Nyrok", which was heading to the port of Gel-Gyu. “The skipper, who is also the owner of the ship, Phineas Proctor,” listened carefully to the young man’s story and complained about what a scoundrel Gez turned out to be. He even agreed to testify if Thomas decided to sue the captain.
On the ship, Thomas noticed a black-haired girl who turned out to be Proctor's niece, Daisy. It was she who suggested telling Harvey the story of the mysterious Frezi Grant.
This was “a hundred and fifty years ago.” On board the ship, heading to India, was General Grant with his daughter Frezi. The girl’s fiancé, a military man, was in India, to whom she was in a hurry. Suddenly, a hundred-meter wave arose in the ship’s path, sinking the frigate not far from the picturesque coast of the island, “which was not listed on any maps.”
There was no way to land on this island. However, Frezi pestered the captain so much with requests to take a closer look at the island that one young lieutenant, unable to bear it, suggested that the fragile girl run to the shore along the waves. Unexpectedly for everyone, she jumped overboard and “stopped on the wave like a flower.” Frezi said goodbye to her father and rushed to the shore across the water. Immediately after her disappearance, a thick fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor Frezi was visible.
Chapters 21–24
Gel-Gyu greeted the frigate "Nyrok" with loud music and enchanting illumination - a carnival was raging in the city. The crew members decided to join in the general fun.
The spontaneously moving crowd carried Thomas to the marble pedestal with female figure, on which I read the inscription “Running on the Waves.” He “stood at the monument, as if on a date, without looking up and contemplating” for about an hour, until local residents called out to him. From them, the young man learned that about a hundred years ago, Frezi Grant saved the founder of Gel-Gyu, William Hobbes, from certain death. He was shipwrecked, and only thanks to a girl running on the waves, who showed him the right path to salvation, he ended up on this shore.
Thomas was informed that a certain person was waiting for him at the theater, who could be recognized “by her yellow dress with brown fringe.” The young man had no doubt that he would meet Biche, but the stranger turned out to be Daisy. Unable to contain her "conspicuous grief," she left Thomas.
At that same moment the young man saw Biche Seniel. She said that she intends to buy the ship “Running on the Waves,” which rightfully belongs to her father. “Gez had appropriated it through a fraudulent trick,” and now Biché was looking for a captain to complete the deal.
Chapters 25–29
The next morning, Thomas met Butler, and together they headed to the hotel where Ghez was staying. They found the captain dead in the hotel room. A “crowd of women and men” immediately gathered, among whom was Biche Saniel. She was detained on suspicion of murdering Gez - the boy noticed how an elegant young lady came down the stairs from Gez’s room, and now it became clear to everyone who his killer was.
During interrogation, Butler could not stand it and confessed to the crime. He said that Ghez was going to trade opium - he “promised to buy low and sell high.” Butler agreed to participate in the deal and contributed all his savings. However, the captain broke his promise and did not pay Butler the due portion of the money.
When Butler went into Gez’s room, there was no one there, and he hid in the closet. He saw the captain enter the room with Beach Saniel and immediately began to pester her. However, Biche managed to jump out the window and go down the stairs, where she was detained. Coming out of his hiding place, Butler shot Gez without hesitation.
Chapters 30–35
Upon meeting Beeche, Thomas learned that she had been officially cleared of all suspicion. The girl couldn’t wait to board the Wave Runner, with which she had many childhood memories. But, once on the schooner, she did not feel joy - it seemed to her that she was walking “as if in someone else’s house.” She decided to sell “this ship at auction or whatever it takes.”
Thomas told Beach the story with Frezi Grant, but the girl did not believe him. Returning home, Harvey met Daisy, who confessed her love to him. Suddenly the young man realized that they had always “speaked the same language,” and love for Daisy always “followed another love that had survived and ended.” Soon the young people got married.
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The main theme of the novel is the search for one’s dreams, a sublime ideal. Not finding him in the sober and practical Beach, the main character saw him in Daisy, who was able to fully appreciate the spiritual richness of his personality.
Roman Running on the Waves summary on video:
In the evening they played cards at Steers's. Among those gathered was Thomas Harvey, a young man stranded in Liss due to serious illness. While playing, Harvey heard a woman's voice clearly say:
"Running on the waves". Moreover, the other players did not hear anything.
The day before, from the window of the tavern, Harvey watched as a girl came off the ship, acting as if she was gifted with the secret of subjugating circumstances and people. The next morning, Thomas went to find out where the stranger who had amazed him was staying, and learned that her name was Biche Seniel.
For some reason, he saw a connection between the stranger and yesterday’s incident behind the cards. This guess became stronger when in the port he saw a ship with light contours and on its board the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
Captain Guez, an unfriendly and harsh man, refused to take Harvey as a passenger without the permission of the owner, a certain Brown.
With Brown's note, the captain received Harvey almost kindly and introduced him to his assistants Sinkwright and Butler, who made a good impression, unlike the rest of the crew, who looked more like rabble than sailors.
During the voyage, Thomas learned that the ship was built by Ned Seniel. Seniel Harvey had already seen the portrait of his daughter Bice on the table in the captain's cabin. Gez bought the ship when Ned went broke.
At Dagon, three women boarded. Harvey did not want to take part in the fun that had begun with the captain, and he stayed at his place. After some time, hearing the screams of one of the women and the threats of the drunken captain, Harvey intervened and, in defense, knocked the captain down with a blow to the jaw.
Enraged, Ghez ordered to be put in a boat and launched into the open sea. When the boat was already drifting away from the side, a woman wrapped from head to toe deftly jumped over to Harvey. Under a hail of ridicule, they set sail from the ship.
When the stranger spoke, Harvey realized that it was this voice that he had heard at Steers’s party. The girl called herself Frezi Grant and told Harvey to head south. There he will be picked up by a ship heading to Gel-Gyu. Having made him promise not to tell anyone about her, including Beach Seniel, Frezi Grant stepped onto the water and rushed off into the distance along the waves.
By noon, Harvey actually met the “Dive”, going to Gel-Gyu. Here on the ship, Harvey again heard about Frezi Grant. One day, when the sea was completely calm, a rising wave lowered her father’s frigate near the extraordinary beauty of the island, to which there was no possibility of mooring. Frezi, however, insisted, and then the young lieutenant casually noted that the girl was so thin and light that she could run on water. In response, she jumped onto the water and easily ran through the waves. Then the fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor the girl was visible. They say she began to appear as a castaway.
Harvey listened to the legend with special attention, but only Daisy, Proctor’s niece, noticed this. Finally, “Dive” approached Gel-Gyu. The city was in the grip of a carnival. Harvey walked along with the motley crowd and found himself near a marble figure, on the pedestal of which was the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
The city, it turns out, was founded by Williams Hobbes, who was shipwrecked a hundred years ago in the surrounding waters. And he was saved by freesia Grant, who came running along the waves and named a course that led Hobbes to the then deserted shore, where he settled.
Then a woman called out to Harvey and said that a person in a yellow dress with brown fringe was waiting for him at the theater. Having no doubt that it was Bice Seniel, Harvey hurried to the theater. But the woman dressed as said turned out to be Daisy. She was disappointed that Harvey called her by Beeche's name and quickly left. A minute later Harvey saw Bice Seniel. She brought money and was now looking for a meeting with Gez to buy the ship. Harvey managed to find out which hotel Ghez was staying at. The next morning he went there with Butler. They went up to the captain. Gez lay with a bullet through his head.
People came running. Suddenly they brought Biche Seniel. It turned out that the day before the captain was very drunk. In the morning a young lady came to him, and then a shot rang out. The girl was detained on the stairs. But then Butler spoke up and admitted that it was he who killed Gez.
He had his own account with the scammer. It turns out that the Wave Runner was carrying a cargo of opium, and Butler was owed a significant portion of the income, but the captain deceived him.
He didn’t find Gez in the room, and when he appeared with the lady, Butler hid in the closet. But the date ended in an ugly scene, and in order to get rid of Gez, the girl jumped out of the window onto the landing, where she was later detained. When Butler got out of the closet, the captain attacked him, and Butler had no choice but to kill him.
Having learned the truth about the ship, Beach ordered the desecrated vessel to be sold at auction. Before parting, Harvey told Beach about his meeting with Frezi Grant. Beach suddenly began to insist that his story was a legend. Harvey thought that Daisy would have taken his story with complete confidence, and remembered with regret that Daisy was engaged.
Some time passed. One day in Lega, Harvey met Daisy. She broke up with her fiancé, and there was no regret in her story about it. Soon Harvey and Daisy got married. Doctor Filatr visited their house on the seashore.
He spoke about the fate of the ship "Running on the Waves", the dilapidated hull of which he discovered near a deserted island. How and under what circumstances the crew left the ship remained a mystery.
I saw Filatr and Biche Seniel. She was already married and gave Harvey a short letter wishing him happiness.
Daisy, she said, expected the letter to recognize Harvey's right to see what he wanted. Daisy Harvey speaks for everyone:
“Thomas Harvey, you are right. Everything was as you said. Frezi Grant! You exist! Answer me!”
"Good evening friends! - we heard from the sea. “I’m in a hurry, I’m running...”
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In the evening they played cards at Steers's. Among those gathered was Thomas Harvey, a young man stranded in Liss due to serious illness. During the game, Harvey heard a woman's voice clearly say: “Running on the waves.” Moreover, the other players did not hear anything.
The day before, from the window of the tavern, Harvey watched as a girl came off the ship, acting as if she was gifted with the secret of subjugating circumstances and people. The next morning, Thomas went to find out where the victim was staying.
He was a stranger, and found out that her name was Biche Seniel.
For some reason, he saw a connection between the stranger and yesterday’s incident behind the cards. This guess became stronger when in the port he saw a ship with light contours and on its board the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
Captain Guez, an unfriendly and harsh man, refused to take Harvey as a passenger without the permission of the owner, a certain Brown.
With Brown's note, the captain received Harvey almost kindly and introduced him to his assistants Sinkwright and Butler, who made a good impression, unlike the rest of the crew, who looked more like rabble than sailors.
At Dagon, three women boarded. Harvey did not want to take part in the fun that had begun with the captain, and he stayed at his place. After some time, hearing the screams of one of the women and the threats of the drunken captain, Harvey intervened and, in defense, knocked the captain down with a blow to the jaw.
Enraged, Ghez ordered to be put in a boat and launched into the open sea. When the boat was already drifting away from the side, a woman wrapped from head to toe deftly jumped over to Harvey. Under a hail of ridicule, they set sail from the ship.
When the stranger spoke, Harvey realized that it was this voice that he had heard at Steers’s party. The girl called herself Frezi Grant and told Harvey to head south. There he will be picked up by a ship heading to Gel-Gyu. Having made him promise not to tell anyone about her, including Beach Seniel, Frezi Grant stepped onto the water and rushed off into the distance along the waves. By noon, Harvey actually met the “Dive” going to Gel-Gyu. Here on the ship, Harvey again heard about Frezi Grant. One day, when the sea was completely calm, a rising wave lowered her father’s frigate near the extraordinary beauty of the island, to which there was no possibility of mooring. Frezi, however, insisted, and then the young lieutenant casually noted that the girl was so thin and light that she could run on water. In response, she jumped onto the water and easily ran through the waves. Then the fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor the girl was visible. They say she began to appear as a castaway.
Harvey listened to the legend with special attention, but only Daisy, Proctor’s niece, noticed this. Finally, “Dive” approached Gel-Gyu. The city was in the grip of a carnival. Harvey walked along with the motley crowd and found himself near a marble figure, on the pedestal of which was the inscription: “Running on the waves.”
The city, it turns out, was founded by Williams Hobbes, who was shipwrecked a hundred years ago in the surrounding waters. And Frezi Grant saved him, running along the waves and naming a course that led Hobbes to the then deserted shore, where he settled.
Then a woman called out to Harvey and said that a person in a yellow dress with brown fringe was waiting for him at the theater. Having no doubt that it was Bice Seniel, Harvey hurried to the theater. But the woman dressed as said turned out to be Daisy. She was disappointed that Harvey called her by Beeche's name and quickly left. A minute later Harvey saw Bice Seniel. She brought money and was now looking for a meeting with Gez to buy the ship. Harvey managed to find out which hotel Ghez was staying at. The next morning he went there with Butler. They went up to the captain. Gez lay with a bullet through his head.
People came running. Suddenly they brought Biche Seniel. It turned out that the day before the captain was very drunk. In the morning a young lady came to him, and then a shot rang out. The girl was detained on the stairs. But then Butler spoke up and admitted that it was he who killed Gez.
He had his own account with the scammer. It turns out that the “Running on the Waves” was carrying a cargo of opium, and Butler was owed a significant part of the income, but the captain deceived him.
He didn’t find Gez in the room, and when he appeared with the lady, Butler hid in the closet. But the date ended in an ugly scene, and in order to get rid of Gez, the girl jumped out of the window onto the landing, where she was later detained. When Butler got out of the closet, the captain attacked him, and Butler had no choice but to kill him.
Having learned the truth about the ship, Beach ordered the desecrated vessel to be sold at auction. Before parting, Harvey told Beach about his meeting with Frezi Grant. Beach suddenly began to insist that his story was a legend. Harvey thought that Daisy would have taken his story with complete confidence, and remembered with regret that Daisy was engaged.
Some time passed. One day in Lega, Harvey met Daisy. She broke up with her fiancé, and there was no regret in her story about it. Soon Harvey and Daisy got married. Doctor Filatr visited their house on the seashore.
He spoke about the fate of the ship “Running on the Waves,” the dilapidated hull of which he discovered near a deserted island. How and under what circumstances the crew left the ship remained a mystery.
Saw Filatr and Bice Seniel. She was already married and gave Harvey a short letter wishing him happiness.
Daisy, she said, expected the letter to recognize Harvey's right to see what he wanted. Daisy Harvey speaks for everyone: “Thomas Harvey, you are right. Everything was as you said. Frezi Grant! You exist! Answer me!”
"Good evening friends! – we heard from the sea. “I’m in a hurry, I’m running.”
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