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On the morning the ferries stopped, Mara Ellison walked the length of the Lantern Quay and counted the boats that would not leave. Eleven.
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31 names, places and invented words found
Mara EllisonPersonKeep
Lantern QuayPlaceLaternenkai
NanPersonOma
the TidewardensInvented worddie Gezeitenwächter
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Am Morgen, als die Fähren ausblieben, ging Mara Ellison den Laternenkai entlang und zählte die Boote, die nicht ablegen würden. Elf.
Address: per relationship
German for Germany
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Chapter 1
Der Morgen, an dem die Fähren ausblieben
On the morning the ferries stopped, Mara Ellison walked the length of the Lantern Quay and counted the boats that would not leave. Eleven. Nan had always said the harbour kept its own ledger.
Am Morgen, als die Fähren ausblieben, ging Mara Ellison den Laternenkai entlang und zählte die Boote, die nicht ablegen würden. Elf. Oma hatte immer gesagt, der Hafen führe sein eigenes Kassenbuch.
Chapter 24
Die erste Fähre
The first ferry came back on a Tuesday. Mara Ellison stood at the end of the Lantern Quay with Nan beside her, and the Tidewardens were nowhere to be seen.
Die erste Fähre kam an einem Dienstag zurück. Mara Ellison stand vorn am Laternenkai, Oma neben sich, und die Gezeitenwächter waren nirgends zu sehen.
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The Harbour Ledger1
Das Hafenbuch1
Chapter 1
The Morning the Ferries Stopped
Kapitel 1
Der Morgen, an dem die Fähren ausblieben
On the morning the ferries stopped, Mara Ellison walked the length of the Lantern Quay and counted the boats that would not leave. Eleven.
Am Morgen, als die Fähren ausblieben, ging Mara Ellison den Laternenkai entlang und zählte die Boote, die nicht ablegen würden. Elf.
Map of Greyhaven harbour, 1962
Karte des Hafens von Greyhaven, 1962
The timetable1 on the quay had been blank since Tuesday.
Der Fahrplan1 am Kai war seit Dienstag leer.
1 Printed every Monday by the harbour office.
1 Jeden Montag vom Hafenamt gedruckt.
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