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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... of his strangeness overcome , I adored Carlos , and Veronica liked him , and laughed at him , till one day he said good - by and rode off along the London road , followed by his Tomas Castro . I had an intense longing to 6 ROMANCE.
... of his strangeness overcome , I adored Carlos , and Veronica liked him , and laughed at him , till one day he said good - by and rode off along the London road , followed by his Tomas Castro . I had an intense longing to 6 ROMANCE.
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... laughed gayly . The great white face of the quarry rose up pale in the moonlight ; the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped ...
... laughed gayly . The great white face of the quarry rose up pale in the moonlight ; the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped ...
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... laughed while I spoke in panting jerks , and the water dripped out of my clothes . After I had made it clear that I wanted to go with Carlos , and could pay for my passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle ...
... laughed while I spoke in panting jerks , and the water dripped out of my clothes . After I had made it clear that I wanted to go with Carlos , and could pay for my passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle ...
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... laughed a little proudly . 66 In a scrape ? " he said . " I · • · I am in none . It is Tomas Castro there . " He laughed affectionately . " He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . What do ...
... laughed a little proudly . 66 In a scrape ? " he said . " I · • · I am in none . It is Tomas Castro there . " He laughed affectionately . " He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . What do ...
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... 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 me , O my Tomas , would it be safe to take this cabal ...
... 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 me , O my Tomas , would it be safe to take this cabal ...
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