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Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me asking one of
our sailors what ship it was . " Don't you know a flagship when you see it ? " a
voice grumbled surlily . “ Admiral Rowley's , " it continued . Then it rumbled out
some ...
Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me asking one of
our sailors what ship it was . " Don't you know a flagship when you see it ? " a
voice grumbled surlily . “ Admiral Rowley's , " it continued . Then it rumbled out
some ...
Page 36
The first man lowered his voice . I caught only that " the admiral was an old fool -
no good for this job . He's found out the name of the place the pirates come from
— Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers .
The first man lowered his voice . I caught only that " the admiral was an old fool -
no good for this job . He's found out the name of the place the pirates come from
— Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers .
Page 45
Your worship must ask the boats ' crews that the admiral has sent to burn the
town . They will be back very soon now . ” He looked at me , inscrutably and
attentively , through his gold spectacles . It was on the arcade before his store in
Spanish ...
Your worship must ask the boats ' crews that the admiral has sent to burn the
town . They will be back very soon now . ” He looked at me , inscrutably and
attentively , through his gold spectacles . It was on the arcade before his store in
Spanish ...
Page 46
What can Spain do , ” said Ramon bitterly , “ when even your Admiral Rowley ,
with his great ships , cannot rid the sea of them ? He lowered his voice . “ I tell
you , young seņor , that England will lose this Island of Jamaica over this
business .
What can Spain do , ” said Ramon bitterly , “ when even your Admiral Rowley ,
with his great ships , cannot rid the sea of them ? He lowered his voice . “ I tell
you , young seņor , that England will lose this Island of Jamaica over this
business .
Page 47
I think the admiral or the governor will commit him to jail . He is going to run away
and take his paper to Kingston ; I myself have bought his office furniture . ” I
looked at him and wondered , for all his impassivity , what he knew - what , in the
...
I think the admiral or the governor will commit him to jail . He is going to run away
and take his paper to Kingston ; I myself have bought his office furniture . ” I
looked at him and wondered , for all his impassivity , what he knew - what , in the
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1914 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2013 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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