RomanceDoubleday, Doran, 1938 - 541 pages |
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Page 238
... body of figures , black - robed from head to foot , with large eyeholes peering fantastically , swayed into the great arch of the hall . Above them was the enormous black coffin . It was a sight so appalling and unexpected that I stood ...
... body of figures , black - robed from head to foot , with large eyeholes peering fantastically , swayed into the great arch of the hall . Above them was the enormous black coffin . It was a sight so appalling and unexpected that I stood ...
Page 407
... body had ridden down to the water's edge in the dark- Less and , after waiting a while , had galloped back the way he came . The prints of hoofs on the beach showed that . They feared these horsemen greatly . A vengeance was owing for ...
... body had ridden down to the water's edge in the dark- Less and , after waiting a while , had galloped back the way he came . The prints of hoofs on the beach showed that . They feared these horsemen greatly . A vengeance was owing for ...
Page 410
... body . He had contrived an infallible test , and yet they would not believe him . Well , his valiance should prove it ; his valiance , afraid neither of light nor of darkness . I could not hear the answers he got from up there ; but the ...
... body . He had contrived an infallible test , and yet they would not believe him . Well , his valiance should prove it ; his valiance , afraid neither of light nor of darkness . I could not hear the answers he got from up there ; but the ...
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