Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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... figure of an old man with the tired , long , white face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil ...
... figure of an old man with the tired , long , white face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil ...
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... figure . He turned his lantern upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 What ! ' Tis the young ' un , " he grunted , after a moment . " Read the warrant , Thoms . " My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent ...
... figure . He turned his lantern upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 What ! ' Tis the young ' un , " he grunted , after a moment . " Read the warrant , Thoms . " My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent ...
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... figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the ...
... figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the ...
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... over them was the angular figure of Nichols , the second mate . He looked up at me , screwing his yellow eyes together . 66 Going ashore , " he asked , " ' long of that Puffing Billy ? " " What business is it of yours ? " I 42 ROMANCE.
... over them was the angular figure of Nichols , the second mate . He looked up at me , screwing his yellow eyes together . 66 Going ashore , " he asked , " ' long of that Puffing Billy ? " " What business is it of yours ? " I 42 ROMANCE.
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... the place , and the Macdonalds the principal Separa- tionists , and I stuck to the Macdonalds . I was searching for ro- mance , you see , and could find none in Mrs. Topnambo's white figure , with its dryish , gray skin , and 48 ROMANCE.
... the place , and the Macdonalds the principal Separa- tionists , and I stuck to the Macdonalds . I was searching for ro- mance , you see , and could find none in Mrs. Topnambo's white figure , with its dryish , gray skin , and 48 ROMANCE.
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