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The Sea Raiders
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H.G. Wells870 ratings, 3.29 average rating, 109 reviews
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“We don't deal in mermaids here."
"But you're not going to let it drop?"
"I am."
"But there she is!"
"Let her be." He turned on the rising young journalist, and his massive face was unusually massive and his voice fine and full and fruity. "Do you think we're going to make our public believe anything simply because it's true? They know perfectly well what they are going to believe and what they aren't going to believe, and they aren't going to believe anything about mermaids-you bet your hat. I don't care if the whole damned beach was littered with mermaids-not the whole damned beach! We've got our reputation to keep up. See? here!-you don't learn journalism as I hoped you'd do. It was you what brought in all that stuff about a discovery in chemistry--”
― The Sea Raiders
"But you're not going to let it drop?"
"I am."
"But there she is!"
"Let her be." He turned on the rising young journalist, and his massive face was unusually massive and his voice fine and full and fruity. "Do you think we're going to make our public believe anything simply because it's true? They know perfectly well what they are going to believe and what they aren't going to believe, and they aren't going to believe anything about mermaids-you bet your hat. I don't care if the whole damned beach was littered with mermaids-not the whole damned beach! We've got our reputation to keep up. See? here!-you don't learn journalism as I hoped you'd do. It was you what brought in all that stuff about a discovery in chemistry--”
― The Sea Raiders