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Page 15
Then we came to a halt , and Rangsley called sharply from close to me : “ Now , you runners — and you , John Kemp - here you be on the — brink of eternity , above the old quarry . There's a sheer drop of a hundred feet .
Then we came to a halt , and Rangsley called sharply from close to me : “ Now , you runners — and you , John Kemp - here you be on the — brink of eternity , above the old quarry . There's a sheer drop of a hundred feet .
Page 22
“ I don't like your company , " he said close behind my ear . “ I know who they are . There were bills out for them this morning . I'd blow them , and take the reward , but for you and Squahre Rooksby . They're handy with their knives ...
“ I don't like your company , " he said close behind my ear . “ I know who they are . There were bills out for them this morning . I'd blow them , and take the reward , but for you and Squahre Rooksby . They're handy with their knives ...
Page 32
The second mate was quite close to us then . Carlos looked at me with an expression of affection that a little a shamed my lightness of tone : " I love you much more than a kinsman , Juan , " he said . “ I wish you could come with me .
The second mate was quite close to us then . Carlos looked at me with an expression of affection that a little a shamed my lightness of tone : " I love you much more than a kinsman , Juan , " he said . “ I wish you could come with me .
Page 47
... had to close his ears and pretend not to hear . The planters had another grievance — the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically sealed the Florida passage ...
... had to close his ears and pretend not to hear . The planters had another grievance — the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically sealed the Florida passage ...
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Juan , it is not for myself , it is " The young girl was pouring some drops from a green phial into a silver goblet ; she passed close to us , and handed it to her father , who had leant a little forward in his chair .
Juan , it is not for myself , it is " The young girl was pouring some drops from a green phial into a silver goblet ; she passed close to us , and handed it to her father , who had leant a little forward in his chair .
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