Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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... light of Romance was going out of my life • • Castro , on his hands and knees , startled me by whisper- ing at my feet : " Stand aside , señor " Standing there , in the midst of the whispering , bare- headed , kneeling , and villainous ...
... light of Romance was going out of my life • • Castro , on his hands and knees , startled me by whisper- ing at my feet : " Stand aside , señor " Standing there , in the midst of the whispering , bare- headed , kneeling , and villainous ...
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... light . The door , petulantly thrust inwards , struck against some barrels . I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door , and the tall figure that appeared there , snuffbox in hand . In that land of white clothes , that pre- cise ...
... light . The door , petulantly thrust inwards , struck against some barrels . I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door , and the tall figure that appeared there , snuffbox in hand . In that land of white clothes , that pre- cise ...
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... light behind her , gilding the curve of her face from ear to chin , lost itself in the shadows of black lace falling from dark hair that was not quite black . She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth ...
... light behind her , gilding the curve of her face from ear to chin , lost itself in the shadows of black lace falling from dark hair that was not quite black . She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth ...
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... light on the tree - trunks . I moved forward again , getting back towards the road . Against the glimmer of dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man's hat down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whis- pered loudly ...
... light on the tree - trunks . I moved forward again , getting back towards the road . Against the glimmer of dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man's hat down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whis- pered loudly ...
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... light before the moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We stood in utter silence . 66 If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , " I'll squeeze the blood out of your throat , like a rotten orange ...
... light before the moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We stood in utter silence . 66 If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , " I'll squeeze the blood out of your throat , like a rotten orange ...
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