At the moment of his arrival a small yacht was under trial in the bay; this yacht had been built by order of an Englishman, who, having heard that the Genoese excelled all other
builders along the shores of the Mediterranean in the construction of fast-sailing vessels, was desirous of possessing a specimen of their skill; the price agreed upon between the Englishman and the Genoese
builder was forty thousand francs.
When Ethan drove into Hale's yard the
builder was just getting out of his sleigh.
And now let us see how our city will be able to supply this great demand: We may suppose that one man is a husbandman, another a
builder, some one else a weaver--shall we add to them a shoemaker, or perhaps some other purveyor to our bodily wants?
And if it is true that the engineer has more confidence in the vessel than the
builder, and the
builder than the captain himself, you understand the trust I repose in my Nautilus; for I am at once captain,
builder, and engineer."
She who was my cradle in those years had been built on the River of Savona by a famous
builder of boats, was rigged in Corsica by another good man, and was described on her papers as a 'tartane' of sixty tons.
He saw a man come home one afternoon, three days after his wife's confinement, and tell her he had been dismissed; he was a
builder and at that time work was slack; he stated the fact, and sat down to his tea.
I think Daddy Jacques did wrong to leave behind him the weapon with which the crime was committed and, as he occupied the attic immediately above Mademoiselle Stangerson's room, the
builder's job ordered by the examining magistrate will give us the key of the enigma and it will not be long before we learn by what natural trap, or by what secret door, the old fellow was able to slip in and out, and return immediately to the laboratory to Monsieur Stangerson, without his absence being noticed.
He was a
builder who had often been to the park on business.
Disappearance of a Well Known
Builder. Suspicion of Murder and Arson.
Tyrrel's new yacht from the
builder's yard at Wivenhoe, in Essex.
Had the unknown
builder who erected and owned these new villas contented himself by simply building each within its own grounds, it is probable that these three small groups of people would have remained hardly conscious of each other's existence, and that there would have been no opportunity for that action and reaction which is here set forth.
These structures bear every indication of a very high antiquity and Kory-Kory, who was my authority in all matters of scientific research, gave me to understand that they were coeval with the creation of the world; that the great gods themselves were the
builders; and that they would endure until time shall be no more.