Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 9
... never did , as a matter of fact , or not for many years . Carlos , then , Rooksby's Spanish kinsman , had come and gone , and I envied him his going , with his air of mystery , to some far - off lawless adventures — perhaps over there ...
... never did , as a matter of fact , or not for many years . Carlos , then , Rooksby's Spanish kinsman , had come and gone , and I envied him his going , with his air of mystery , to some far - off lawless adventures — perhaps over there ...
Page 16
... never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled . " We've a warrant King's name . He was flashing his lanthorn aimlessly up the hill . " Besides , " he began again , “ we've got this gallus bird . If he's not a Spaniard , he knows all about them ...
... never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled . " We've a warrant King's name . He was flashing his lanthorn aimlessly up the hill . " Besides , " he began again , “ we've got this gallus bird . If he's not a Spaniard , he knows all about them ...
Page 17
... never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky , a confused crowd of ominous things . " Turn that lanthorn off'n me , " the horseman said . " Don't you see you ...
... never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky , a confused crowd of ominous things . " Turn that lanthorn off'n me , " the horseman said . " Don't you see you ...
Page 32
... never before heard so many women's voices at the same time . 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 aboard - a cop ...
... never before heard so many women's voices at the same time . 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 aboard - a cop ...
Page 34
... never been in Cuba or seen his uncle ; but he had , as I have indicated , ruined himself in one way or another in Spain , and it had come as a God - send to him when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba , to the town of ...
... never been in Cuba or seen his uncle ; but he had , as I have indicated , ruined himself in one way or another in Spain , and it had come as a God - send to him when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba , to the town of ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Señor Señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice walked wall whispered Williams woman words