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The Moon and the Ocean by Ryland Bel
Ernest Southmayd seeks a wife in distant China after exile to Hongkong ends in disappointment when Julia Courtney sails to marry another. A second match with Alice Hathaway leads to a cautious reunion in Europe, where both confess past ocean voyage temptations and face an awkward match.
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Ernest Svethmayd
Gongkong
China
America
Southmayd
Juna Courtney
Stephen
Julia
Ernest Southmayd
Hongkong
Julia Courtney
New York
Naples
Suez Canal
Clapham
Seventy-first Regiment of
British Foot
Venus
Stephen Cowtey
Ernest
Hhim
Southmard
Alice Hathaway
Miss Hathaway
Trousseau
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean
Southmaud