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Travels in Holland and the Long Night to Rotterdam
In this excerpt from Travels in Holland, the narrator and Catriona, aboard a littered Leyden journey, struggle through Rotterdam’s nightlife and harbor lights. After losing money, they travel on foot toward Leyden, facing cold, fear, and weather, with growing tension over Catriona’s future and the need to pass as siblings to reach safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Rotterdam
Ike
Thut
Lang
Germany
Sanzhineel
Catriona
Leith
Mr. Gregory
Andrea
Captain Bang
Pivsa
Eain
Loydon
Barbara Grant
Leyden
Seven Bens
Seven Glens
Mountain Moors
Sprott
James More
Esme
Miss Grant
Squire
Vovcks
Abe
Delft
Sam
Tobbuil
Tam
Davie
Catriona Drummond
Katrine Balfour
Elie
Almen
Lounden
Barbara
Hague
Aysoll
Alio
Landgaard
Waa
Neyself
Yiu Huwsu
Sand
Luis