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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 .
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 .
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 full . O . CHAPTER IV I a T was , I suppose , PART FIRST 23.
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 full . O . CHAPTER IV I a T was , I suppose , PART FIRST 23.
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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 .
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 .
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