RomanceDent, 1949 - 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 and dreamy longing pervaded me , as though I had been drugged . I dreamed , as young men dream , of a ...
... fell . I remained motionless against the rail for half the night , looking at the land . Not a single light was visible . A wistful and dreamy longing pervaded me , as though I had been drugged . I dreamed , as young men dream , of a ...
Page 199
... fell on a cut - glass water - ewer , and , with a convulsive sweep of his arm , he sent it flying far away from the table . It fell heavily , shattering itself with the unringing thud of a piece of ice . " Like this . " He remained for ...
... fell on a cut - glass water - ewer , and , with a convulsive sweep of his arm , he sent it flying far away from the table . It fell heavily , shattering itself with the unringing thud of a piece of ice . " Like this . " He remained for ...
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 ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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