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by old Giorgio, standing alone halfway between the har-
bour and the town, escaped looting and destruction, not by
a miracle, but because with the safes in view they had ne-
glected it at first, and afterwards found no leisure to stop.
Nostromo, with his Cargadores, was pressing them too
hard then.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
