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Page 104
... t exactly the appear- ance , it's a - no use me trying to tell you . You ain't an Eng- lishman ; and if you were , you wouldn't need to be told . " An unsuspected stream of loquacity had broken its dam somewhere deep within the man ...
... t exactly the appear- ance , it's a - no use me trying to tell you . You ain't an Eng- lishman ; and if you were , you wouldn't need to be told . " An unsuspected stream of loquacity had broken its dam somewhere deep within the man ...
Page 107
... ain't much to me , except that I have never been tame , even when walking the pavement and cracking jokes and standing drinks to chums - ay , and to strangers , too . I would watch them lifting their elbows at my expense , or splitting ...
... ain't much to me , except that I have never been tame , even when walking the pavement and cracking jokes and standing drinks to chums - ay , and to strangers , too . I would watch them lifting their elbows at my expense , or splitting ...
Page 112
... t to be sized up so easily . Even I ain't up to it sometimes . For instance , that night , all he did was to waggle his finger at me . The skipper stops his silly chatter , surprised . 66 " Eh ? What's the matter ? ' asks he . " The ...
... t to be sized up so easily . Even I ain't up to it sometimes . For instance , that night , all he did was to waggle his finger at me . The skipper stops his silly chatter , surprised . 66 " Eh ? What's the matter ? ' asks he . " The ...
Page 113
... t tell how a gentleman takes that sort of thing . They don't lose their temper . It's bad form . You'll never see him lose his temper - not for anybody to see , any- how . Ferocity ain't good form , either - that much I've learned by ...
... t tell how a gentleman takes that sort of thing . They don't lose their temper . It's bad form . You'll never see him lose his temper - not for anybody to see , any- how . Ferocity ain't good form , either - that much I've learned by ...
Page 116
... ain't in it ! I didn't even know who had fired . Everything had been so still just before that the bang of the shot seemed the loudest noise I had ever heard . The honourable Antonio pitches forward - they al- ways do , towards the shot ...
... ain't in it ! I didn't even know who had fired . Everything had been so still just before that the bang of the shot seemed the loudest noise I had ever heard . The honourable Antonio pitches forward - they al- ways do , towards the shot ...
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