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Page 3
But that far - off day of my romance , when from between the blue and white bales
in Don Ramon's darkened storeroom , at Kingston , I saw the door open before
the figure of an old man with the tired , long , white face , that day I am not likely to
...
But that far - off day of my romance , when from between the blue and white bales
in Don Ramon's darkened storeroom , at Kingston , I saw the door open before
the figure of an old man with the tired , long , white face , that day I am not likely to
...
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 5
He had thin red hair , untidy for want of a valet , a shining , delicate , hooked nose
, narrow - lidded blue eyes , and a face with the color and texture of a white -
heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed
...
He had thin red hair , untidy for want of a valet , a shining , delicate , hooked nose
, narrow - lidded blue eyes , and a face with the color and texture of a white -
heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed
...
Page 51
His dark eyes searched my face , and it came disagreeably into my head that he
was playing some part ; that his talk was delusive , his anger feigned ; that ,
perhaps , he still suspected me of being a Separationist . He went on talking
about the ...
His dark eyes searched my face , and it came disagreeably into my head that he
was playing some part ; that his talk was delusive , his anger feigned ; that ,
perhaps , he still suspected me of being a Separationist . He went on talking
about the ...
Page 53
That resolved itself into a man slumbering in a wheelbarrow , his white face
turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in
European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the doorway . He held a full
...
That resolved itself into a man slumbering in a wheelbarrow , his white face
turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in
European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the doorway . He held a full
...
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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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