Romance: A NovelDoubleday, 1931 - 541 pages |
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Page 369
... ravine . A great bird soared , all was light and silence , and we forgot Castro for a time . I threw my legs over the sill , and sitting on the stone surveyed the cornice . The bright day robbed the ravine of half its horrors . The path ...
... ravine . A great bird soared , all was light and silence , and we forgot Castro for a time . I threw my legs over the sill , and sitting on the stone surveyed the cornice . The bright day robbed the ravine of half its horrors . The path ...
Page 370
... ravine again to the sea , and walking along the bank of the little river , I was sure to reach it . The objection to this was that we should miss Castro . Hang Castro ! And yet there was something mysterious and threatening in his ...
... ravine again to the sea , and walking along the bank of the little river , I was sure to reach it . The objection to this was that we should miss Castro . Hang Castro ! And yet there was something mysterious and threatening in his ...
Page 371
... ravine , the lower part of a man from his waist to his feet . By crouching down at once , I brought his head into view . This was not Castro . He wore a black som- brero , and on his shoulder carried a gun . He turned his back on the ravine ...
... ravine , the lower part of a man from his waist to his feet . By crouching down at once , I brought his head into view . This was not Castro . He wore a black som- brero , and on his shoulder carried a gun . He turned his back on the ravine ...
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