Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 80
... O'Brien . He shall marry my cousin , I think , when I am dead . " " You don't know these fellows , " I said . " Oh , I know them very well , " Carlos smiled , “ there are many of them at Havana . They came there after what they call the ...
... O'Brien . He shall marry my cousin , I think , when I am dead . " " You don't know these fellows , " I said . " Oh , I know them very well , " Carlos smiled , “ there are many of them at Havana . They came there after what they call the ...
Page 81
... of my uncle's estates , and he has a great influence in my uncle's town of Rio Medio . I tell you , if you come to visit us , it will be as well to be on good terms with the Señor Juez O'Brien . My uncle is a very old man , and if I die ...
... of my uncle's estates , and he has a great influence in my uncle's town of Rio Medio . I tell you , if you come to visit us , it will be as well to be on good terms with the Señor Juez O'Brien . My uncle is a very old man , and if I die ...
Page 83
... Brien . " It's little use saying ye arren't famous , " he said . His voice had the faint , infinitely sweet twang of ... O'Brien's eyes twinkled . He had , as a matter of fact , nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco , either in ...
... Brien . " It's little use saying ye arren't famous , " he said . His voice had the faint , infinitely sweet twang of ... O'Brien's eyes twinkled . He had , as a matter of fact , nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco , either in ...
Page 85
... Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me . Moreover , I was half Scotch . Had I forgotten the wrongs of ... O'Brien jeered . " ...
... Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me . Moreover , I was half Scotch . Had I forgotten the wrongs of ... O'Brien jeered . " ...
Page 86
... O'Brien by that time , with his air of omniscience , superiority , and self - content , as if he were talking to a child or some- one very credulous and weak - minded . " What right have you to speak for me , Señor Juez ? ” I said in ...
... O'Brien by that time , with his air of omniscience , superiority , and self - content , as if he were talking to a child or some- one very credulous and weak - minded . " What right have you to speak for me , Señor Juez ? ” I said in ...
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