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Page 33
After I had made it clear that I wanted to go with Carlos , and could pay for my
passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle burnt in a
thick , blue atmosphere . I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell ...
After I had made it clear that I wanted to go with Carlos , and could pay for my
passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle burnt in a
thick , blue atmosphere . I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell ...
Page 38
After that I avoided any allusion to Cuba , because the thing , think as I would
about it , would not grow clear . It was plain that something illegal was going on
there , or how could “ that Irish devil , ” whoever he was , have power to hang
Tomas ...
After that I avoided any allusion to Cuba , because the thing , think as I would
about it , would not grow clear . It was plain that something illegal was going on
there , or how could “ that Irish devil , ” whoever he was , have power to hang
Tomas ...
Page 42
And yet I remembered how unhappy I felt , how inexplicably unhappy . Presently
the reason was made clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the
second mate . I looked at the harbour we were dramatić cing entering , and
thought ...
And yet I remembered how unhappy I felt , how inexplicably unhappy . Presently
the reason was made clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the
second mate . I looked at the harbour we were dramatić cing entering , and
thought ...
Page 47
I had not then spoken very loudly , or had not made my meaning very clear . I felt
a great desire to find Macdonald , and a simple life that I could understand . “ I am
not going with you , ” I said , very loudly this time . He stopped at once .
I had not then spoken very loudly , or had not made my meaning very clear . I felt
a great desire to find Macdonald , and a simple life that I could understand . “ I am
not going with you , ” I said , very loudly this time . He stopped at once .
Page 53
Suddenly , in the pushing and hurrying , I came upon a little clear space beside a
pile of boxes Stooping over them was the angular figure of Nichols , the second
mate . He looked up at me , screwing his yellow eyes together . “ Going ashore ...
Suddenly , in the pushing and hurrying , I came upon a little clear space beside a
pile of boxes Stooping over them was the angular figure of Nichols , the second
mate . He looked up at me , screwing his yellow eyes together . “ Going ashore ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance Volume 7 of Complete Works, Ford Madox Ford |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
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