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Page 3
I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable
smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new
rum ; the glassy double sheen of Ramon ' s great spectacles , the piercing eyes in
the ...
I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable
smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new
rum ; the glassy double sheen of Ramon ' s great spectacles , the piercing eyes in
the ...
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 7
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 school , to Hythe
market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown
downs ...
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 school , to Hythe
market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown
downs ...
Page 8
... I went on worrying him for Carlos ' address . “ Carlos is the only soul I know
outside five miles from here . Besides , he ' s friends in the Indies . That ' s where I
want to go and he could give me a cast . You remember what Tomas Castro said
.
... I went on worrying him for Carlos ' address . “ Carlos is the only soul I know
outside five miles from here . Besides , he ' s friends in the Indies . That ' s where I
want to go and he could give me a cast . You remember what Tomas Castro said
.
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But I can still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my
heart - a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The
other details I forget . Jack Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man , with ...
But I can still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my
heart - a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The
other details I forget . Jack Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man , with ...
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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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