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Page 5
The alternative would have been a shabby , ignominious life at Calais , in the shadow of Brummel and such . My father used to sit all day by the fire , inscribing “ ideas ” every now and then in a pocket - book .
The alternative would have been a shabby , ignominious life at Calais , in the shadow of Brummel and such . My father used to sit all day by the fire , inscribing “ ideas ” every now and then in a pocket - book .
Page 7
At dusk we shut our doors , pulled down our blinds , sat round the fire , and knew pretty well what was going on outside . There would be long whistles in the dark , and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them ...
At dusk we shut our doors , pulled down our blinds , sat round the fire , and knew pretty well what was going on outside . There would be long whistles in the dark , and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them ...
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... the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . “ I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to cut the country , John , " he added suddenly ...
... the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . “ I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to cut the country , John , " he added suddenly ...
Page 125
He lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire - his puchero and tortillas — and rolled for him his provision of ...
He lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire - his puchero and tortillas — and rolled for him his provision of ...
Page 158
I cried out with the fire of deathless conviction . “ It is not true . You know it is not true . ” He was speechless for a time ; then , shaking and stammering with that inward rage that seemed to heave like molten lava in his breast ...
I cried out with the fire of deathless conviction . “ It is not true . You know it is not true . ” He was speechless for a time ; then , shaking and stammering with that inward rage that seemed to heave like molten lava in his breast ...
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