Romance: A NovelOne 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 11
A woodpigeon rose with a sudden crash of sound , flapping away against the
branches . My pulse was dancing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game
of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again , and I
...
A woodpigeon rose with a sudden crash of sound , flapping away against the
branches . My pulse was dancing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game
of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again , and I
...
Page 12
From down the long hill came a small sound of horses ? hoofs — a sound like the
beating of the heart , intermittent — a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron
. It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me . Presently there was ...
From down the long hill came a small sound of horses ? hoofs — a sound like the
beating of the heart , intermittent — a muffled thud on turf , and a faint clink of iron
. It seemed to die away unheard by the runner beside me . Presently there was ...
Page 14
The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . “ We're in for it , "
Lillywhite grunted . “ D -n this county of Kent . ” Thoms never loosed his hold of
my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the
...
The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . “ We're in for it , "
Lillywhite grunted . “ D -n this county of Kent . ” Thoms never loosed his hold of
my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the
...
Page 15
I caught a moment's sound of whispering . Then a new voice cried , “ Strip the
runners to the shirt . Strip ' em . That's it . ” I heard some groans and a cry , “ You
won't murder us . " Then a nasal drawl , “ We will surely . ” Someone else ,
Rangsley ...
I caught a moment's sound of whispering . Then a new voice cried , “ Strip the
runners to the shirt . Strip ' em . That's it . ” I heard some groans and a cry , “ You
won't murder us . " Then a nasal drawl , “ We will surely . ” Someone else ,
Rangsley ...
Page 16
There was a grunt and the sound of a fall ; then a precisely similar sequence of
sounds . “ That ' ll teach ' em , ” Rangsley said ferociously . “ Come along --they've
only rolled down a bank . They weren't over the quarry . It's all right , I swear it is ...
There was a grunt and the sound of a fall ; then a precisely similar sequence of
sounds . “ That ' ll teach ' em , ” Rangsley said ferociously . “ Come along --they've
only rolled down a bank . They weren't over the quarry . It's all right , I swear it is ...
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| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2018 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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