Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
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VISIT TO LONDON. 37<br />
mainmast of the royal yacht was sprung in<br />
two places,<br />
and her sail and gaff (or yard by<br />
which the sail is<br />
fell<br />
supported)<br />
instantaneously<br />
upon the deck.<br />
"The Princess happened unfortunately <strong>to</strong><br />
be standing almost directly under the sail at<br />
the moment, and the most fatal consequences<br />
might have ensued, had not the master of the<br />
yacht, with admirable presence of mind,<br />
sprung forward and caught her in his arms<br />
and conveyed her <strong>to</strong> a place<br />
of safety. The<br />
alarm and confusion caused by the<br />
accident<br />
was for a time heightened by the uncertainty<br />
as <strong>to</strong> the fate of her Eoyal Highness, who had<br />
been preserved from injury by the blunt but<br />
well-timed rescue of the honest sailor.
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