RomanceDoubleday, Doran, 1938 - 541 pages |
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Page 108
... fell . I remained motionless against the rail for half the night , looking at the land . Not a single light was visible . A wistful , dreamy longing , a quiet longing per- vaded me , as though I had been drugged . I dreamed , as young ...
... fell . I remained motionless against the rail for half the night , looking at the land . Not a single light was visible . A wistful , dreamy longing , a quiet longing per- vaded me , as though I had been drugged . I dreamed , as young ...
Page 216
... fell from step to step down the middle of the broad white stairs . The stair- case was brilliantly lighted , and quite empty . The household was crowding the upper galleries ; the sob- bing murmurs of their voices fell into the deserted ...
... fell from step to step down the middle of the broad white stairs . The stair- case was brilliantly lighted , and quite empty . The household was crowding the upper galleries ; the sob- bing murmurs of their voices fell into the deserted ...
Page 220
... fell on the bishop's small , bald head , emerging with a patient . droop from the wide spread of his cope , as though he had been inclosed in a portable gold shrine . He was ready to go . Don Balthasar , who seemed to have heard nothing ...
... fell on the bishop's small , bald head , emerging with a patient . droop from the wide spread of his cope , as though he had been inclosed in a portable gold shrine . He was ready to go . Don Balthasar , who seemed to have heard nothing ...
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