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Page 3
But that far - off I day of my romance , when from between the blue and white
bales in Don Ramon ' s darkened storeroom , at Kingston , I saw the door open
before the figure of an old man with the tired , long , white face , that day I am not
likely ...
But that far - off I day of my romance , when from between the blue and white
bales in Don Ramon ' s darkened storeroom , at Kingston , I saw the door open
before the figure of an old man with the tired , long , white face , that day I am not
likely ...
Page 4
I remember her face of that day ; her eyes were gray — the gray of black , not of
blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively ,
unconcerned , and then traveled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance -
remember I ...
I remember her face of that day ; her eyes were gray — the gray of black , not of
blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively ,
unconcerned , and then traveled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance -
remember I ...
Page 5
My mother managed everything , leading an out - of - door life which gave her
face the color of a wrinkled pippin . It was the face of a Roman mother , tight -
lipped , browneyed , and fierce . You may understand the kind of woman she was
from ...
My mother managed everything , leading an out - of - door life which gave her
face the color of a wrinkled pippin . It was the face of a Roman mother , tight -
lipped , browneyed , and fierce . You may understand the kind of woman she was
from ...
Page 42
All their shining black faces seemed to be momentarily gashed open to show
rows of white, and were spotted with inlaid eyeballs. The sounds coming from
them were a bewildering noise. They were hauling baggage about aimlessly. A
large ...
All their shining black faces seemed to be momentarily gashed open to show
rows of white, and were spotted with inlaid eyeballs. The sounds coming from
them were a bewildering noise. They were hauling baggage about aimlessly. A
large ...
Page 41
His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it
was fringed by a red beard streaked with gray , as brown flood - water is with
foam . I noticed at last that the reason for his presenting his forehead to me was
an ...
His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it
was fringed by a red beard streaked with gray , as brown flood - water is with
foam . I noticed at last that the reason for his presenting his forehead to me was
an ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1916 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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