RomanceOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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Page 27
... Rio Medio . " The town belongs to my uncle . He is very rich ; a Grand d'Espagne ... everything ; but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an only daughter , a Doña Seraphina , and I ...
... Rio Medio . " The town belongs to my uncle . He is very rich ; a Grand d'Espagne ... everything ; but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an only daughter , a Doña Seraphina , and I ...
Page 30
... Rio Medio , my uncle's town . He is an afiliado . " He laughed again . " It is not easy to enter that place , Juanino . ” There was certainly some mystery about that town of his uncle's . One night I overheard him say to Castro : “ Tell ...
... Rio Medio , my uncle's town . He is an afiliado . " He laughed again . " It is not easy to enter that place , Juanino . ” There was certainly some mystery about that town of his uncle's . One night I overheard him say to Castro : “ Tell ...
Page 36
... Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers . You saw his flagship ? " Rio Medio was the name of the town to which Carlos was going - which his uncle owned . They moved away from above . What was I ...
... Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers . You saw his flagship ? " Rio Medio was the name of the town to which Carlos was going - which his uncle owned . They moved away from above . What was I ...
Page 38
... Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . 66 ' It is a nest of pirates . " ( 6 Castro crept towards me again on the points of his toes . Señor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil , " he hissed , looking very much frightened , " you ...
... Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . 66 ' It is a nest of pirates . " ( 6 Castro crept towards me again on the points of his toes . Señor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil , " he hissed , looking very much frightened , " you ...
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... Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He had a touch of irony in his composed voice . " But it is very certain , " he went on , that if your Government had not recognized the belligerent rights of the rebellious colony of Mexico ...
... Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He had a touch of irony in his composed voice . " But it is very certain , " he went on , that if your Government had not recognized the belligerent rights of the rebellious colony of Mexico ...
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