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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 .
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 .
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My pulse was dancing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again , and I began to think I had missed my time . Down below in the plain , a great ...
My pulse was dancing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again , and I began to think I had missed my time . Down below in the plain , a great ...
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From down the long hill came a small sound of horses ' hoofs — a sound like the beating of the heart , intermittent - a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron . It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me .
From down the long hill came a small sound of horses ' hoofs — a sound like the beating of the heart , intermittent - a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron . It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me .
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But I can still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart - a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The other details I forget . Jack Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man ...
But I can still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart - a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The other details I forget . Jack Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man ...
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Then he waited , and against the light of the window I could see him mopping his forehead with the sleeve of his coat ; my heart began to beat softly and insistently - out of sympathy . Suddenly , from the deep shadow of the cloud above ...
Then he waited , and against the light of the window I could see him mopping his forehead with the sleeve of his coat ; my heart began to beat softly and insistently - out of sympathy . Suddenly , from the deep shadow of the cloud above ...
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| 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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