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... when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba , to the town of Rio
Medio . “ The town belongs to my uncle . He is very rich ; a Grand d ' Espagne . . .
everything ; but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in 34 ROMANCE.
... when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba , to the town of Rio
Medio . “ The town belongs to my uncle . He is very rich ; a Grand d ' Espagne . . .
everything ; but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in 34 ROMANCE.
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very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an
only daughter , a Doņa Seraphina , and I suppose that if I find favour in his eyes I
shall marry her , and inherit my uncle ' s great riches ; I am the only one that is left
...
very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an
only daughter , a Doņa Seraphina , and I suppose that if I find favour in his eyes I
shall marry her , and inherit my uncle ' s great riches ; I am the only one that is left
...
Page 58
But I do not even know whether who take my goods are pirates , as you English
sa Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities sa do not very much care .
Basta , what I know is every week some ship with a letter of marques one of my ...
But I do not even know whether who take my goods are pirates , as you English
sa Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities sa do not very much care .
Basta , what I know is every week some ship with a letter of marques one of my ...
Page 72
Or you can take a trip with me to Havana till it blows over . My old woman ' s on
board . ” His face fell . “ But there , you ' ll get round her . I ' ll see you through . ”
They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn ' t very happy ; there was
...
Or you can take a trip with me to Havana till it blows over . My old woman ' s on
board . ” His face fell . “ But there , you ' ll get round her . I ' ll see you through . ”
They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn ' t very happy ; there was
...
Page 75
We had not really captured the pirates ; they had been handed over to the
admiral by the Havana authorities — as an international courtesy I suppose , or
else because they were pirates of no account and short in funds , or because the
...
We had not really captured the pirates ; they had been handed over to the
admiral by the Havana authorities — as an international courtesy I suppose , or
else because they were pirates of no account and short in funds , or because the
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel Volume 13 of The Concord edition of the works of Joseph Conrad |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1923 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2008 |
| ISBN | 074262658X, 9780742626584 |
| Length | 541 pages |
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