Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 283
... ravine opened . Its lower sides palpitated with the ceaseless tossing of dwarf trees and bushes ; and , motionless above the somber tumult of the slopes , the monumental stretch of bare rock rose on high , level at the top , and ...
... ravine opened . Its lower sides palpitated with the ceaseless tossing of dwarf trees and bushes ; and , motionless above the somber tumult of the slopes , the monumental stretch of bare rock rose on high , level at the top , and ...
Page 292
... ravine . A great bird soared , all was light and silence , and we forgot Castro for a time . I threw my legs over the sill , and sitting on the stone surveyed the cornice . The bright day robbed the ravine of half its horrors . The path ...
... ravine . A great bird soared , all was light and silence , and we forgot Castro for a time . I threw my legs over the sill , and sitting on the stone surveyed the cornice . The bright day robbed the ravine of half its horrors . The path ...
Page 293
... ravine again to the sea , and walking along the bank of the little river , I was sure to reach it . The objection to this was that we should miss Castro . Hang Castro ! And yet there was something mysterious and threatening in his ...
... ravine again to the sea , and walking along the bank of the little river , I was sure to reach it . The objection to this was that we should miss Castro . Hang Castro ! And yet there was something mysterious and threatening in his ...
Page 294
... ravine , and began to walk straight away , sinking from my sight till only his hat and shoulders remained visible . He lifted his arm then - straight up -evidently as a signal , and waited . Presently another head and shoulders joined ...
... ravine , and began to walk straight away , sinking from my sight till only his hat and shoulders remained visible . He lifted his arm then - straight up -evidently as a signal , and waited . Presently another head and shoulders joined ...
Page 299
... ravines ( of which the one we had ascended was the deepest ) , con- cealed from him the little basin and the inlet ... ravine aban- doned him . The schooner had been run in at night during the gale , and in such distress that they let ...
... ravines ( of which the one we had ascended was the deepest ) , con- cealed from him the little basin and the inlet ... ravine aban- doned him . The schooner had been run in at night during the gale , and in such distress that they let ...
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