Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 23
... whole business . He did his best for me ; he borrowed a goodly number of guineas from Rangsley , who travelled with a bag of them at his saddle- bow , ready to pay his men their seven shillings THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 23.
... whole business . He did his best for me ; he borrowed a goodly number of guineas from Rangsley , who travelled with a bag of them at his saddle- bow , ready to pay his men their seven shillings THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 23.
Page 39
... whole mystery seemed from that time to attach to the second mate , who before had been no more to me than a long , sallow Nova Scotian , with a disagreeable intonation and rather offensive manners . I began to watch him , desultorily ...
... whole mystery seemed from that time to attach to the second mate , who before had been no more to me than a long , sallow Nova Scotian , with a disagreeable intonation and rather offensive manners . I began to watch him , desultorily ...
Page 42
... whole thing ridiculous . And yet I remembered how unhappy I felt , how in- explicably unhappy . Presently the reason was made clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the second mate . I looked at the harbour we were ...
... whole thing ridiculous . And yet I remembered how unhappy I felt , how in- explicably unhappy . Presently the reason was made clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the second mate . I looked at the harbour we were ...
Page 48
... whole body , and I stepped back- wards . " I know what Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . " It is a nest of pirates . ' " " Castro crept towards me again on the points of his toes . " Señor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil ...
... whole body , and I stepped back- wards . " I know what Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . " It is a nest of pirates . ' " " Castro crept towards me again on the points of his toes . " Señor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil ...
Page 66
... whole matter ; it seemed to be extraordinary that they should still be interested in it . I was to come back ; as soon as it was safe I was to come back ; that was the main tenor of the letter . I read it in a little house of call , in ...
... whole matter ; it seemed to be extraordinary that they should still be interested in it . I was to come back ; as soon as it was safe I was to come back ; that was the main tenor of the letter . I read it in a little house of call , in ...
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