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Page 4
She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth
delicately 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 ...
She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth
delicately 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 ...
Page 12
But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck , which had increased in value since its devotion
to Veronica , he would have squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the
idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled Vit ; and I embarked on a ...
But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck , which had increased in value since its devotion
to Veronica , he would have squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the
idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled Vit ; and I embarked on a ...
Page 24
For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two
down the road . He came at a trot , gave me the letter , drew me aside , and
began upbraiding himself again . The others rode onwards . “ Oh , it ' s all right , ”
I said ...
For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two
down the road . He came at a trot , gave me the letter , drew me aside , and
began upbraiding himself again . The others rode onwards . “ Oh , it ' s all right , ”
I said ...
Page 31
He did not want to be drowned ; neither assuredly did I . But it was not fear so
much as a feeling of dreariness and disappointment that had come over me , the
sudden feeling that I was going not to adventure , but to death ; that here was not
...
He did not want to be drowned ; neither assuredly did I . But it was not fear so
much as a feeling of dreariness and disappointment that had come over me , the
sudden feeling that I was going not to adventure , but to death ; that here was not
...
Page 35
I am in none . It is Tomas Castro there . ” He laughed affectionately . “ He is as
faithful as he is ugly , ” he said ; “ but I fear he has been a villain , too . . . . What do
I know ? Over there in my uncle ' s town , there are some villainsyou know what I
...
I am in none . It is Tomas Castro there . ” He laughed affectionately . “ He is as
faithful as he is ugly , ” he said ; “ but I fear he has been a villain , too . . . . What do
I know ? Over there in my uncle ' s town , there are some villainsyou know what I
...
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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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