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 28
... mean , one must not speak too loudly on this ship . There is a man called O'Brien , who mismanages my uncle's affairs . What do I know ? The good Tomas has been in some villainy that is no affair of mine . He is a good friend and a ...
... mean , one must not speak too loudly on this ship . There is a man called O'Brien , who mismanages my uncle's affairs . What do I know ? The good Tomas has been in some villainy that is no affair of mine . He is a good friend and a ...
Page 33
... mean ? " I asked , bewildered . He looked at me , grinning , half naked , with amused contempt , for quite a long time , and at last offered sardonically to open my eyes for me . I said nothing . " Do you know what will happen to you ...
... mean ? " I asked , bewildered . He looked at me , grinning , half naked , with amused contempt , for quite a long time , and at last offered sardonically to open my eyes for me . I said nothing . " Do you know what will happen to you ...
Page 36
... mean ? But the second mate's , " Scoot , young man , " seemed to come to my ears like the blast of a trumpet . I became suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald - to see no more of Carlos . From above came suddenly a gruff voice in ...
... mean ? But the second mate's , " Scoot , young man , " seemed to come to my ears like the blast of a trumpet . I became suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald - to see no more of Carlos . From above came suddenly a gruff voice in ...
Page 42
... mean that I was to follow him aft . The decks were covered with a jabbering turmoil of negroes with muscular arms and brawny shoulders . All their shining black faces seemed to be momentarily gashed open to show rows of white , and were ...
... mean that I was to follow him aft . The decks were covered with a jabbering turmoil of negroes with muscular arms and brawny shoulders . All their shining black faces seemed to be momentarily gashed open to show rows of white , and were ...
Page 66
... mean in the '98 , " I said , a little insolently . O'Brien's eyes twinkled . He had , as a matter of fact , nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco , either in Clonmel or Sligo , bolting violently from the English dragoons , in the ...
... mean in the '98 , " I said , a little insolently . O'Brien's eyes twinkled . He had , as a matter of fact , nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco , either in Clonmel or Sligo , bolting violently from the English dragoons , in the ...
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