Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 45 of 276
Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night — page 45: what you’re looking at
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# Victorian Penny Dreadful Page Analysis This page contains **running prose narrative** from Chapter XX (continued) of *Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night*, accompanied by a wood-engraved illustration titled "Robbery of Michael the Cloth-Worker." The text describes a shipboard incident in which a sailor named Darby heroically prevents a violent altercation with "Hans the Dutchman," who has drawn a knife. After being doused with hog wash by the ship's cook Brutus, Hans falls, and Darby—displaying gentlemanly restraint—refuses to kick his defenseless opponent. The captain praises Darby's conduct and punishes Hans with irons. The narrative then shifts to the ship's perilous approach to the Cornish coast during a violent gale, with the captain warning of potential disaster.
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