RomanceDent, 1949 - 541 pages |
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Page 180
... Father Antonio was thinking of the papal dispensation . I was a heretic . What if it were refused ? But what was that risk to me , who had never dared to hope ? Moreover , they had brought her there , had persuaded her ; she had been ...
... Father Antonio was thinking of the papal dispensation . I was a heretic . What if it were refused ? But what was that risk to me , who had never dared to hope ? Moreover , they had brought her there , had persuaded her ; she had been ...
Page 513
... father gave him a corner of his narrow - lidded eyes . " My man , " he said , " I walked the streets with the highest in the land before your mother bore you in Bridewell , or whatever jail it was . ” “ Oh , no offence , " the turnkey ...
... father gave him a corner of his narrow - lidded eyes . " My man , " he said , " I walked the streets with the highest in the land before your mother bore you in Bridewell , or whatever jail it was . ” “ Oh , no offence , " the turnkey ...
Page 538
... father . " My father's voice broke the spell . I was in the court ; the candles were still burning ; all the faces , lit up or in the shadow , were bunched together in little groups ; hands waved . The barrister whose face was like the ...
... father . " My father's voice broke the spell . I was in the court ; the candles were still burning ; all the faces , lit up or in the shadow , were bunched together in little groups ; hands waved . The barrister whose face was like the ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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