"It's really very classical," he said, "like the voyage of Ulysses; I, Ulysses, you the water nymph Calypso, drifting in that golden ship of Romance-"
"Calypso was a land nymph," she observed, absently, "if accuracy interests you as much as your monologue."
Checked and surprised, he began to laugh at his own discomfiture; and she, elbow on the gunwale, small hand cupping her chin, watched him with an expressionless directness that very soon extinguished his amusement and left him awkward in the silence.
"I've tried my very best to be civil and agreeable," he said after a moment. "Is it really such an effort for you to talk to a man?"
"Not if I am interested," she said quietly.
"Calypso was a land nymph," she observed, absently, "if accuracy interests you as much as your monologue."
Checked and surprised, he began to laugh at his own discomfiture; and she, elbow on the gunwale, small hand cupping her chin, watched him with an expressionless directness that very soon extinguished his amusement and left him awkward in the silence.
"I've tried my very best to be civil and agreeable," he said after a moment. "Is it really such an effort for you to talk to a man?"
"Not if I am interested," she said quietly.
Used availability for Robert W Chambers's The Firing Line
See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
Hardback Editions
September 2010 : Hardback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-163-87197-4 / 978-1-163-87197-3 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-60312-639-2 / 9781603126397 (USA edition) Publisher: Aegypan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 0-548-55988-0 / 978-0-548-55988-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert, w. Chambers ISBN: 1-55742-938-3 / 9781557429384 (USA edition) Publisher: Wildside Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2005 : Hardback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-4219-5173-8 / 978-1-4219-5173-7 (USA edition) Publisher: IndyPublish.com Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1908 : Hardback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers Publisher: Appleton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-163-80089-9 / 978-1-163-80089-8 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-176-61857-1 / 978-1-176-61857-2 Publisher: Unknown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-176-61840-7 / 978-1-176-61840-4 Publisher: Unknown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-4432-0824-8 / 978-1-4432-0824-6 Publisher: Unknown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-4076-1462-2 / 978-1-4076-1462-5 (UK edition) Publisher: HardPress Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert William Chambers ISBN: 1-151-25721-4 / 978-1-151-25721-5 Publisher: General Books LLC Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-4346-7763-X / 978-1-4346-7763-1 Publisher: BiblioBazaar Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-60312-381-4 / 9781603123815 (USA edition) Publisher: Aegypan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 0-548-46458-8 / 978-0-548-46458-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Unknown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-4068-4472-1 / 978-1-4068-4472-6 (UK edition) Publisher: The Echo Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-4065-1415-2 / 978-1-4065-1415-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Dodo Press Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert, W. Chambers ISBN: 1-55742-927-8 / 9781557429278 (USA edition) Publisher: Wildside Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers ISBN: 1-4219-5174-6 / 978-1-4219-5174-4 (USA edition) Publisher: IndyPublish.com Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1980 : Paperback
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers Publisher: Wildside Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
January 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: THE FIRING LINE (A HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL) Author(s): Robert W. Chambers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: THE FIRING LINE Author(s): ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Firing Line Author(s): Robert W. Chambers Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
© 2012 FantasticFiction
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk

