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... companion , half friend , half servant , who said he had served in Napoleon ' s
Spanish contingent , and had a way of striking his breast with a wooden hand (
his arm had suffered in a cavalry charge ) , and exclaiming , “ I , Tomas Castro !
... companion , half friend , half servant , who said he had served in Napoleon ' s
Spanish contingent , and had a way of striking his breast with a wooden hand (
his arm had suffered in a cavalry charge ) , and exclaiming , “ I , Tomas Castro !
Page 8
Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. come , I adored Carlos , and Veronica liked
him , and laughed at him , till one day he said good - by and rode off along the
London road , followed by his Tomas Castro . I had an intense longing to go with
him ...
Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. come , I adored Carlos , and Veronica liked
him , and laughed at him , till one day he said good - by and rode off along the
London road , followed by his Tomas Castro . I had an intense longing to go with
him ...
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You remember what Tomas Castro said . . . . ” Rooksby came to a sudden halt ,
and began furiously to switch his corded legs . - * " Curse Carlos , and his Castro
, too . They ' ll have me in jail betwixt them . They ' re both in my red barn , if you ...
You remember what Tomas Castro said . . . . ” Rooksby came to a sudden halt ,
and began furiously to switch his corded legs . - * " Curse Carlos , and his Castro
, too . They ' ll have me in jail betwixt them . They ' re both in my red barn , if you ...
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We rode clattering aggressively through the silence of the long , narrow main
street . Every now and then Carlos Riego coughed lamentably , but Tomas
Castro rode in gloomy silence . There was a light here and there in a window ,
but not a ...
We rode clattering aggressively through the silence of the long , narrow main
street . Every now and then Carlos Riego coughed lamentably , but Tomas
Castro rode in gloomy silence . There was a light here and there in a window ,
but not a ...
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He himself had never been in Cuba or seen his uncle ; but he had , as I have
indicated , ruined himself in one way or another in Spain , and it had come as a
God - send to him when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba ,
to ...
He himself had never been in Cuba or seen his uncle ; but he had , as I have
indicated , ruined himself in one way or another in Spain , and it had come as a
God - send to him when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba ,
to ...
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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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