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Castro , on his hands and knees , startled me by whispering at my feet : “ Stand aside , seņor ” Standing there , in the midst of the whispering , bareheaded , kneeling , and villainous crowd , I had a vivid vision of her pale ...
Castro , on his hands and knees , startled me by whispering at my feet : “ Stand aside , seņor ” Standing there , in the midst of the whispering , bareheaded , kneeling , and villainous crowd , I had a vivid vision of her pale ...
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He moved to tie our feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent and dissent went up ; then the crowd became unanimous . Rangsley slipped from his horse . " Blindfold ' em , lads , " he cried ...
He moved to tie our feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent and dissent went up ; then the crowd became unanimous . Rangsley slipped from his horse . " Blindfold ' em , lads , " he cried ...
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The drop's not two feet . ” We made a few paces down the road ; the pitiful voices of the runners crying for help came plainly to my ears . " You — they — aren't murdering them ? ” I asked . " No , no , ” he answered .
The drop's not two feet . ” We made a few paces down the road ; the pitiful voices of the runners crying for help came plainly to my ears . " You — they — aren't murdering them ? ” I asked . " No , no , ” he answered .
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The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had remembered them only to forget them forever . Old Rangsley , who steered with the sheet in his hand , kept up ...
The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had remembered them only to forget them forever . Old Rangsley , who steered with the sheet in his hand , kept up ...
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His head was knotted in a red , white - spotted handkerchief ; his grizzled beard was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand .
His head was knotted in a red , white - spotted handkerchief ; his grizzled beard was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand .
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