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Page 5
The neighbors round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day - for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
The neighbors round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day - for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
Page 7
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
Page 8
... bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck ,
which had increased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have
squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his
place .
... bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck ,
which had increased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have
squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his
place .
Page 10
... bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck ,
which had increased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have
squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his
place .
... bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck ,
which had increased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have
squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his
place .
Page 14
Now , boys , get round them . . . . " The great horses formed an irregular half -
circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was
seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own
name .
Now , boys , get round them . . . . " The great horses formed an irregular half -
circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was
seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own
name .
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| 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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