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Page 9
It seems that on Liverpool docks , in the owl - light , they fell in with an elderly hunks just returned from West Indies , who asks the time at the door of a shipping agent . Castro pulls out a watch , and the old fellow jumps on it ...
It seems that on Liverpool docks , in the owl - light , they fell in with an elderly hunks just returned from West Indies , who asks the time at the door of a shipping agent . Castro pulls out a watch , and the old fellow jumps on it ...
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After we had passed the houses of a little village a heavy mist fell upon us , white , damp , and clogging . Ralph reined his horse beside mine . " I'm sorry , " he began again , “ I'm miserably sorry I got you " into this scrape .
After we had passed the houses of a little village a heavy mist fell upon us , white , damp , and clogging . Ralph reined his horse beside mine . " I'm sorry , " he began again , “ I'm miserably sorry I got you " into this scrape .
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It was enough for me to sail in and out of the patches of shadow that fell from the moon right above our heads . We embarked , and , as we drew further out , the land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights .
It was enough for me to sail in and out of the patches of shadow that fell from the moon right above our heads . We embarked , and , as we drew further out , the land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights .
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I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell asleep . Old Rangsley was sent ashore with the pilot . It was a new and strange life to me , opening there suddenly enough . The Thames was one of the usual West Indiamen ...
I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell asleep . Old Rangsley was sent ashore with the pilot . It was a new and strange life to me , opening there suddenly enough . The Thames was one of the usual West Indiamen ...
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He was all eyes in the dusk , standing in a languid pose just clear of the shaft of light that fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . “ What life ? " I asked . I “ Life in my uncle's palace , " he said ...
He was all eyes in the dusk , standing in a languid pose just clear of the shaft of light that fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . “ What life ? " I asked . I “ Life in my uncle's palace , " he said ...
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