Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 7
... dead - and- gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed in him , but I believed in the smugglers who shared the highway with that horrible ghost . It is ...
... dead - and- gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed in him , but I believed in the smugglers who shared the highway with that horrible ghost . It is ...
Page 11
... dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man's hat down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whis- pered loudly : " " Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing ...
... dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man's hat down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whis- pered loudly : " " Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing ...
Page 32
... dead . I am very ill . " He was undoubtedly ill . Campaigning in Spain , exposure in England in a rainy time , and then the ducking when we came on board , had done him no good . He looked moodily at the sea . I will try- " " " I wish ...
... dead . I am very ill . " He was undoubtedly ill . Campaigning in Spain , exposure in England in a rainy time , and then the ducking when we came on board , had done him no good . He looked moodily at the sea . I will try- " " " I wish ...
Page 33
... dead reckoning yeh hevn't had call to make . Eh ? 66 What do you mean ? " I asked , bewildered . He looked at me , grinning , half naked , with amused contempt , for quite a long time , and at last offered sardonically to open my eyes ...
... dead reckoning yeh hevn't had call to make . Eh ? 66 What do you mean ? " I asked , bewildered . He looked at me , grinning , half naked , with amused contempt , for quite a long time , and at last offered sardonically to open my eyes ...
Page 59
... dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time before they recovered ...
... dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time before they recovered ...
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