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Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

pletely. Even the little hotel kept by old Giorgio, standing alone half-way between the harbor and the town, escaped looting and destruction, not by a miracle, but because with safes in view they had neglected it at first, and afterwards found no leisure to stop. Nostromo, with his cargadores, was pressing them too hard then.