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Page 4
A moment after , the door opened once more and a young man came out to me ;
tall , slim , with very bright , very large black eyes aglow in an absolute pallor of
face . That was Carlos Riego . Well , that is my yesterday of romance , for the
many ...
A moment after , the door opened once more and a young man came out to me ;
tall , slim , with very bright , very large black eyes aglow in an absolute pallor of
face . That was Carlos Riego . Well , that is my yesterday of romance , for the
many ...
Page 10
... but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe
enough from the runners ; it would have needed a troop of horse to take them .
The difficulty was that of late the smugglers themselves had become demoralized
.
... but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe
enough from the runners ; it would have needed a troop of horse to take them .
The difficulty was that of late the smugglers themselves had become demoralized
.
Page 19
He was in such a state of repentance and Autter that he could not let me take a
decent farewell . The sound of the others ' horses had long died away down the
hill when he began to tell me what he ought to have done . “ I knew it at once after
...
He was in such a state of repentance and Autter that he could not let me take a
decent farewell . The sound of the others ' horses had long died away down the
hill when he began to tell me what he ought to have done . “ I knew it at once after
...
Page 29
he said once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He
insisted , though , that his aged uncle was in need of him . As for Castro he and
his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I hoped he might die by
treachery .
he said once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He
insisted , though , that his aged uncle was in need of him . As for Castro he and
his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I hoped he might die by
treachery .
Page 37
He stopped at once . Through the scuttle of the half - deck we heard a hubbub of
voices , of people exchanging greetings , of Christian names called out joyously .
A tumultuous shuffling of feet went on continuously over our heads . The ship ...
He stopped at once . Through the scuttle of the half - deck we heard a hubbub of
voices , of people exchanging greetings , of Christian names called out joyously .
A tumultuous shuffling of feet went on continuously over our heads . The ship ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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