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Page 4
This glance - remember I was young on that dayhad been enough to set me
wondering what they were thinking of me ; what they could have seen of me . “
But there he is — your Seņor Ramon , ” she said to her father , as if she were
chiding ...
This glance - remember I was young on that dayhad been enough to set me
wondering what they were thinking of me ; what they could have seen of me . “
But there he is — your Seņor Ramon , ” she said to her father , as if she were
chiding ...
Page 7
Carlos was dark , and of a grace to set Ralph as much in the shade as Ralph
himself set me ; and Carlos had seen a deal more of the world than Ralph . He
had a foreign sense of humour that made him forever ready to sacrifice his
personal ...
Carlos was dark , and of a grace to set Ralph as much in the shade as Ralph
himself set me ; and Carlos had seen a deal more of the world than Ralph . He
had a foreign sense of humour that made him forever ready to sacrifice his
personal ...
Page 28
The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the
luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the towns and countryside whilst his
plans were working out at night , had impressed me with a sense of awe . And his
...
The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the
luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the towns and countryside whilst his
plans were working out at night , had impressed me with a sense of awe . And his
...
Page 29
But gallus birds like you and your company , it ' s best for us not to be seen in
company with . Follow my uncle now . Good - night . ” We went into the yard ,
under the pillars of the town hall , across the silent street , through a narrow
passage ...
But gallus birds like you and your company , it ' s best for us not to be seen in
company with . Follow my uncle now . Good - night . ” We went into the yard ,
under the pillars of the town hall , across the silent street , through a narrow
passage ...
Page 34
He himself had 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 ...
He himself had 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 ...
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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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