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Page 13
... sound , flap- ping away against the branches . My pulse was danc- ing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again and I began to think I had missed ...
... sound , flap- ping away against the branches . My pulse was danc- ing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again and I began to think I had missed ...
Page 14
... have been - tremendous . We stood waiting silently for an eternity , as one waits for a hare to break covert before the beaters . From down the long hill came a smali sound of horses ' hoofs - a sound like the 14 ROMANCE.
... have been - tremendous . We stood waiting silently for an eternity , as one waits for a hare to break covert before the beaters . From down the long hill came a smali sound of horses ' hoofs - a sound like the 14 ROMANCE.
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Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. sound of horses ' hoofs - a sound like the beating of the heart , intermittent - a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron . It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me . Presently there ...
Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. sound of horses ' hoofs - a sound like the beating of the heart , intermittent - a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron . It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me . Presently there ...
Page 17
... sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . " We're in for it , " Lillywhite grunted . " D county of Kent . " " " -n this Thoms never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into ...
... sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . " We're in for it , " Lillywhite grunted . " D county of Kent . " " " -n this Thoms never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into ...
Page 18
... . I caught a moment's sound of whispering . Then a new voice cried , " Strip the runners to the shirt . Strip ' em . That's it . " I heard some groans and a cry , " You won't murder us . " Then a nasal drawl , " 18 ROMANCE.
... . I caught a moment's sound of whispering . Then a new voice cried , " Strip the runners to the shirt . Strip ' em . That's it . " I heard some groans and a cry , " You won't murder us . " Then a nasal drawl , " 18 ROMANCE.
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