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Page 4
And my day before yesterday was the day on which I , at twenty - two , stood
looking at myself in the tall glass , the day on which I left my home in Kent and
went , as chance willed it , out to sea with Carlos Riego . That day my cousin
Rooksby ...
And my day before yesterday was the day on which I , at twenty - two , stood
looking at myself in the tall glass , the day on which I left my home in Kent and
went , as chance willed it , out to sea with Carlos Riego . That day my cousin
Rooksby ...
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We stood in a little slanting cutting in the shadow . A watery light before the
moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We
stood in utter silence . “ If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , “ I'll squeeze the
blood ...
We stood in a little slanting cutting in the shadow . A watery light before the
moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We
stood in utter silence . “ If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , “ I'll squeeze the
blood ...
Page 14
The horse stood , drooping its head , and the man turned in his saddle . Runners
, " he shouted , “ Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll
roast ' em . Runners ! Runners ! ” The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came
to ...
The horse stood , drooping its head , and the man turned in his saddle . Runners
, " he shouted , “ Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll
roast ' em . Runners ! Runners ! ” The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came
to ...
Page 23
Old Rangsley reeled ahead of us swiftly , muttering , “ Three men to be set
aboard of the Thames . quarter past eleven . Three men to be set aboard .. " and
in a few minutes we stood upon the shingle beside the idle sea , that was nearly
at the ...
Old Rangsley reeled ahead of us swiftly , muttering , “ Three men to be set
aboard of the Thames . quarter past eleven . Three men to be set aboard .. " and
in a few minutes we stood upon the shingle beside the idle sea , that was nearly
at the ...
Page 26
Afterwards , when I stood on the deck , they began laughing at old Rangsley ,
who held forth in a thunderous voice , punctuated by hiccoughs : “ They carried I
aboord - a - cop - theer lugger and sinks I in the cold , co - old sea . " It mortified
me ...
Afterwards , when I stood on the deck , they began laughing at old Rangsley ,
who held forth in a thunderous voice , punctuated by hiccoughs : “ They carried I
aboord - a - cop - theer lugger and sinks I in the cold , co - old sea . " It mortified
me ...
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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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