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Page 157
... seen a woman . Whom had I seen ? Veronica ? We had been too poor , and my mother too proud , to keep up a social intercourse with our neighbours ; the village girls had been devoid of even the most rustic kind of charm ; the people were ...
... seen a woman . Whom had I seen ? Veronica ? We had been too poor , and my mother too proud , to keep up a social intercourse with our neighbours ; the village girls had been devoid of even the most rustic kind of charm ; the people were ...
Page 316
... seen , Señor ! I , myself , have seen her in the days of my adversity in Madrid , Señor - a red flower behind the ear , clad in rags that did not cover all her naked skin , looking on while they fought for her with knives in a wine ...
... seen , Señor ! I , myself , have seen her in the days of my adversity in Madrid , Señor - a red flower behind the ear , clad in rags that did not cover all her naked skin , looking on while they fought for her with knives in a wine ...
Page 526
... seen me then , and when Ramon ( “ a Spaniard who was afterwards proved to be a spy of El Demonio's -of the prisoner's . He was hung since " ) had driven me from the place of execution after the hanging of the seven pirates ; and he had ...
... seen me then , and when Ramon ( “ a Spaniard who was afterwards proved to be a spy of El Demonio's -of the prisoner's . He was hung since " ) had driven me from the place of execution after the hanging of the seven pirates ; and he had ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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