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Page 10
Rooksby came to a sudden halt , and began furiously to switch his corded legs . -
* " Curse Carlos , and his Castro , too . ... Birnen He hurried on suddenly up the
hill , leaving me gazing upwards at him . When I caught him up he was swearing
...
Rooksby came to a sudden halt , and began furiously to switch his corded legs . -
* " Curse Carlos , and his Castro , too . ... Birnen He hurried on suddenly up the
hill , leaving me gazing upwards at him . When I caught him up he was swearing
...
Page 13
A woodpigeon rose with a sudden crash of sound , flapping away against the
branches . My pulse was dancing 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
...
A woodpigeon rose with a sudden crash of sound , flapping away against the
branches . My pulse was dancing 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
...
Page 14
It was a most sudden catastrophe . A hand was clutching my windpipe . “ Don ' t
you so much as squeak , Mr . Castro , ” a voice whispered in my ear . The
lanthorn light suddenly died out , and I heard whispers . “ Get him out on to the
road .
It was a most sudden catastrophe . A hand was clutching my windpipe . “ Don ' t
you so much as squeak , Mr . Castro , ” a voice whispered in my ear . The
lanthorn light suddenly died out , and I heard whispers . “ Get him out on to the
road .
Page 15
My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into
the light . Suddenly he paused and looked up at me . “ This ain ' t Mr . Lillywhite , I
don ' t believe this ain ' t a Jack Spaniard . ” The clinks of bits and stirrup - irons ...
My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into
the light . Suddenly he paused and looked up at me . “ This ain ' t Mr . Lillywhite , I
don ' t believe this ain ' t a Jack Spaniard . ” The clinks of bits and stirrup - irons ...
Page 31
He did not want to be drowned ; neither assuredly did I . But it was not fear so
much as a feeling of dreariness and disappointment that had come over me , the
sudden feeling that I was going not to adventure , but to death ; that here was not
...
He did not want to be drowned ; neither assuredly did I . But it was not fear so
much as a feeling of dreariness and disappointment that had come over me , the
sudden feeling that I was going not to adventure , but to death ; that here was not
...
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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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