Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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... words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth deli- cately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a white flower that clung above her ear like the pen of a clerk , and disappeared . Ramon hurried ...
... words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth deli- cately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a white flower that clung above her ear like the pen of a clerk , and disappeared . Ramon hurried ...
Page 22
... their knives , too , I fancy . You mind me , and look to yourself with them . There's something unnatural . " His words had a certain effect upon me , and his manner perhaps more . A thing that was " unnatural " to 22 ROMANCE.
... their knives , too , I fancy . You mind me , and look to yourself with them . There's something unnatural . " His words had a certain effect upon me , and his manner perhaps more . A thing that was " unnatural " to 22 ROMANCE.
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... words sank into my spirit , and made me afraid for my future . We followed the others downwards into a ground - floor room that was fitted up as a barber's shop . A rushlight was burning on a table . Rangsley took hold of a piece of ...
... words sank into my spirit , and made me afraid for my future . We followed the others downwards into a ground - floor room that was fitted up as a barber's shop . A rushlight was burning on a table . Rangsley took hold of a piece of ...
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... word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was sur- prised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself useful . " To me it looks as if we should drown 24.
... word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was sur- prised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself useful . " To me it looks as if we should drown 24.
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... words and his smile seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said very earnestly . Castro had hauled the ... word of complaint , sticking to his self - appointed task as if in very truth he were care- less of life . A feeling came ...
... words and his smile seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said very earnestly . Castro had hauled the ... word of complaint , sticking to his self - appointed task as if in very truth he were care- less of life . A feeling came ...
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