RomanceDent, 1949 - 541 pages |
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Page 383
... hear incoherent mutters . " " Seraphina clutched my arm . " Juan - together - no separation . " I had known it , even as I spoke of selling our lives dearly . They could only be surrendered . Surrendered miserably to these wretches , or ...
... hear incoherent mutters . " " Seraphina clutched my arm . " Juan - together - no separation . " I had known it , even as I spoke of selling our lives dearly . They could only be surrendered . Surrendered miserably to these wretches , or ...
Page 401
... Hear me ! Help ! " Then all was still . " Hear the dead calling to the dead , " sneered Manuel . An awestruck sort of hum proceeded from the Spaniards . Was the señorita alive ? In the cave ? Or where ? " Her nod would have saved thee ...
... Hear me ! Help ! " Then all was still . " Hear the dead calling to the dead , " sneered Manuel . An awestruck sort of hum proceeded from the Spaniards . Was the señorita alive ? In the cave ? Or where ? " Her nod would have saved thee ...
Page 412
... hear the galloping hoofs of the peons ' horses every moment . I think he did . The words " I am safer here than they above , " were per- fectly audible to me in the mumbling he kept up ner- vously . He wished to hear the sound of his ...
... hear the galloping hoofs of the peons ' horses every moment . I think he did . The words " I am safer here than they above , " were per- fectly audible to me in the mumbling he kept up ner- vously . He wished to hear the sound of his ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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