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 entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : " Seņor Ramon ! Seņor Ramon ! " and then twice : " Seraphina - Seraphina ! " turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking PART FIRST THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH,
... of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : " Seņor Ramon ! Seņor Ramon ! " and then twice : " Seraphina - Seraphina ! " turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking PART FIRST THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH,
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... turned his lantern upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 " What ! ' Tis the young ' un , " he grunted , after a moment . ' Read the warrant , Thoms . " My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into ...
... turned his lantern upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 " What ! ' Tis the young ' un , " he grunted , after a moment . ' Read the warrant , Thoms . " My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into ...
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... turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft roadsides as if it were an ...
... turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft roadsides as if it were an ...
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... turned in his saddle . Runners , " he shouted , Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll roast ' em . Runners ! Runners ! " · 66 The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . " We're in for it ...
... turned in his saddle . Runners , " he shouted , Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll roast ' em . Runners ! Runners ! " · 66 The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears . " We're in for it ...
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... 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 said again . The hubbub of ...
... 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 said again . The hubbub of ...
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