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Page 3
... the other bowing a little back - this was the attitude of Seraphina's father .
Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained
immovable , with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : “
Seņor Ramon ...
... the other bowing a little back - this was the attitude of Seraphina's father .
Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained
immovable , with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : “
Seņor Ramon ...
Page 4
Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking over her father's shoulder . 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 for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking over her father's shoulder . 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 ...
Page 5
In the family my mother counted ; my father did not . She was the daughter of a
Scottish earl who had ruined himself again and again . He had been an inventor ,
a projector , and my mother had been a poor beauty , brought up on the farm we
...
In the family my mother counted ; my father did not . She was the daughter of a
Scottish earl who had ruined himself again and again . He had been an inventor ,
a projector , and my mother had been a poor beauty , brought up on the farm we
...
Page 60
... commissioner and the judge of the Marine Court sent by the Havana
authorities to deliver the pirates . It was after that , that in Ramon's dusky store , I
had my first sight of Seraphina and of her father , and then came my meeting with
Carlos .
... commissioner and the judge of the Marine Court sent by the Havana
authorities to deliver the pirates . It was after that , that in Ramon's dusky store , I
had my first sight of Seraphina and of her father , and then came my meeting with
Carlos .
Page 65
We entered quietly , and after a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes ,
and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She
placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English
...
We entered quietly , and after a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes ,
and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She
placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English
...
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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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