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Page 4
Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained
immovable , with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : “
Seņor Ramon ! Seņor Ramon ! ” and then twice : “ Seraphina - Seraphina ! ”
turning his ...
Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained
immovable , with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : “
Seņor Ramon ! Seņor Ramon ! ” and then twice : “ Seraphina - Seraphina ! ”
turning his ...
Page 5
He had been an inventor , a projector , and my mother had been a poor beauty ,
brought up on the farm we still lived on — the last rag of land that had remained
to her father . Then she had married a good man in his way ; a good enough ...
He had been an inventor , a projector , and my mother had been a poor beauty ,
brought up on the farm we still lived on — the last rag of land that had remained
to her father . Then she had married a good man in his way ; a good enough ...
Page 10
Ralph remained lost in a kind of gloomy abstraction , while I went on worrying
him for Carlos ' address . “ Carlos is the only soul I know outside five miles from
here . Besides , he ' s friends in the Indies . That ' s where I want to go , and he ...
Ralph remained lost in a kind of gloomy abstraction , while I went on worrying
him for Carlos ' address . “ Carlos is the only soul I know outside five miles from
here . Besides , he ' s friends in the Indies . That ' s where I want to go , and he ...
Page 59
Jamaica was in those days — and remained for many years after - in the throes of
a question . The question was , of course , that of the abolition of slavery . The
planters as a rule were immensely rich and overbearing . They said , “ If the
Home ...
Jamaica was in those days — and remained for many years after - in the throes of
a question . The question was , of course , that of the abolition of slavery . The
planters as a rule were immensely rich and overbearing . They said , “ If the
Home ...
Page 61
... next outward mail . Veronica wrote to me ; Ralph to his attorney and the
Macdonalds . But by that time Mrs . Mac . had darned my socks ten times . The
surrounding gentry , the large resident landowners , of whom there remained a
sprinkling ...
... next outward mail . Veronica wrote to me ; Ralph to his attorney and the
Macdonalds . But by that time Mrs . Mac . had darned my socks ten times . The
surrounding gentry , the large resident landowners , of whom there remained a
sprinkling ...
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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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