RomanceImmerse yourself in a world devised by two masters of twentieth century fiction, Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford. Second in a series of three collaborations between the two writers, Romance combines elements of high-seas adventure with a touching love story. |
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... turning his head back. Then for the first time I saw Seraphina, looking over her father's shoulder. I remember her face on that day; her eyes were gray—the gray of black, not of blue. For a moment they looked me straight in the face ...
... turning his head back. Then for the first time I saw Seraphina, looking over her father's shoulder. I remember her face on that day; her eyes were gray—the gray of black, not of blue. For a moment they looked me straight in the face ...
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... rustle, and a hoarse whisper said from above: "Other's cleared, Thorns. Got that one safe?" "All serene." The man from above dropped down into the road, a clumsy, cloaked figure. He turned his lanthorn upon me, in a 21.
... rustle, and a hoarse whisper said from above: "Other's cleared, Thorns. Got that one safe?" "All serene." The man from above dropped down into the road, a clumsy, cloaked figure. He turned his lanthorn upon me, in a 21.
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Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. cloaked figure. He turned his lanthorn upon me, in a painful yellow glare. "What! 'Tis the young 'un," he grunted, after a moment. "Read the warrant, Thorns." My captor began to fumble in his pocket ...
Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. cloaked figure. He turned his lanthorn upon me, in a painful yellow glare. "What! 'Tis the young 'un," he grunted, after a moment. "Read the warrant, Thorns." My captor began to fumble in his pocket ...
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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!" The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears. "We're in for it," Lillywhite grunted ...
... turned in his saddle. "Runners," he shouted, "Bow Street runners! Come along, come along, boys! We'll roast 'em.... Runners! Runners!" The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears. "We're in for it," Lillywhite grunted ...
Contents
Chapter Six | 295 |
PART FOURTH BLADE AND GUITAR | 319 |
Chapter One | 320 |
Chapter Two | 337 |
Chapter Three | 356 |
Chapter Four | 380 |
Chapter Five | 399 |
Chapter Six | 435 |
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Chapter Six | 153 |
Chapter Seven | 168 |
PART THIRD CASA RIEGO | 181 |
Chapter One | 182 |
Chapter Two | 196 |
Chapter Three | 216 |
Chapter Four | 237 |
Chapter Five | 268 |
Chapter Seven | 455 |
Chapter Eight | 476 |
Chapter Nine | 494 |
Chapter Ten | 514 |
Chapter Eleven | 555 |
PART FIFTH THE LOT OF MAN | 593 |
Chapter One | 594 |
Chapter Two | 612 |
Chapter Three | 640 |
Chapter Four | 662 |
Chapter Five | 693 |
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