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Page 3
I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store, the indescribable
smell of damp gloom, of locos, of pimento, of olive oil, of new sugar, of new rum;
the glassy double sheen of Ramon's great spectacles, the piercing eyes in the ...
I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store, the indescribable
smell of damp gloom, of locos, of pimento, of olive oil, of new sugar, of new rum;
the glassy double sheen of Ramon's great spectacles, the piercing eyes in the ...
Page 49
Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him, then he looked at me. He made an
extraordinary swift motion with his right hand, and I saw that he was facing me
with a long steel blade displayed. Carlos continued to cough. The thing seemed
odd, ...
Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him, then he looked at me. He made an
extraordinary swift motion with his right hand, and I saw that he was facing me
with a long steel blade displayed. Carlos continued to cough. The thing seemed
odd, ...
Page 76
Dark blue circles took away from the blackness and sparkle of his eyes. And he
coughed, and coughed. He put his arm affectionately round my shoulders and
said, "How splendid to see you again, my Juan." His eyes had affection in them, ...
Dark blue circles took away from the blackness and sparkle of his eyes. And he
coughed, and coughed. He put his arm affectionately round my shoulders and
said, "How splendid to see you again, my Juan." His eyes had affection in them, ...
Page 98
The young girl was, for the moment, what counted most on the whole, the only
thing the eye could rest on. ... I had seen her gray eyes; I had seen her red lips;
her dark hair, her lithe gestures; the carriage of her head; her throat, her hands.
The young girl was, for the moment, what counted most on the whole, the only
thing the eye could rest on. ... I had seen her gray eyes; I had seen her red lips;
her dark hair, her lithe gestures; the carriage of her head; her throat, her hands.
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