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The neighbours round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day - for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
The neighbours round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day - for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
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I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foothills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of V that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foothills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of V that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
Page 12
... 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 long
adventure . CHAPTER TWO BETWEEN moonrise and sunset I was stumbling
through 12 ...
... 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 long
adventure . CHAPTER TWO BETWEEN moonrise and sunset I was stumbling
through 12 ...
Page 17
Now , boys , get round them . . . . " The great horses formed an irregular half -
circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was
seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own
name .
Now , boys , get round them . . . . " The great horses formed an irregular half -
circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was
seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own
name .
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Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned me sharply round . “ Don ' t struggle ,
” he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I
felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . “ You ' re all right , ” he ...
Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned me sharply round . “ Don ' t struggle ,
” he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I
felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . “ You ' re all right , ” he ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 541 pages |
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