Romance: A NovelDoubleday, 1931 - 541 pages |
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Page 162
... O'Brien had attained to a remarkable reputation of sagacity and unstained honesty . Hand in glove with the clergy , one of the judges of the Marine Court , procurator to the cathedral chapter , he had known how to make himself so ...
... O'Brien had attained to a remarkable reputation of sagacity and unstained honesty . Hand in glove with the clergy , one of the judges of the Marine Court , procurator to the cathedral chapter , he had known how to make himself so ...
Page 212
... O'Brien after dinner , as he had walked with me on the day of my arrival . Only Seraphina had not appeared , and we three men had sat out the silent meal alone . They stopped as I approached , and Don Balthasar listened to me ...
... O'Brien after dinner , as he had walked with me on the day of my arrival . Only Seraphina had not appeared , and we three men had sat out the silent meal alone . They stopped as I approached , and Don Balthasar listened to me ...
Page 466
... O'Brien , leaning over the judge's shoulder , emphasized words with one finger . What new villainies could O'Brien be meditating ? It wasn't possibly the Lugareño's suggestion that I had lured men to murder Don Balthasar ? Was it merely ...
... O'Brien , leaning over the judge's shoulder , emphasized words with one finger . What new villainies could O'Brien be meditating ? It wasn't possibly the Lugareño's suggestion that I had lured men to murder Don Balthasar ? Was it merely ...
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