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1  Cautiously descending, I found the cabin deserted.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
2  Procuring their rifles, they opened fire in a leisurely manner, upon the deserters.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  The seals had started on their great southern migration, and the rookery was practically deserted.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
4  I doubted that she had heard, and I resolved to prevent her seeing the brutality I knew would follow the capture of the deserters.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  I did not see it myself, but my assistants, first one and then the other, deserted me for a few moments to run amidships and look at what was going on.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  Then speech would suddenly desert him, in the middle of a sentence perhaps, and for hours, sometimes, we would wait for the connection to be re-established.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
7  The deserted boat was in the trough of the sea, rolling drunkenly across each comber, its loose spritsail out at right angles to it and fluttering and flapping in the wind.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXV