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... boat , there , was to take them out into the bay , where an outward - bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph's fear for his neck , which had in- creased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have squired his ...
... boat , there , was to take them out into the bay , where an outward - bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph's fear for his neck , which had in- creased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have squired his ...
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... boat . Carlos was of no use - he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was sur- prised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself ...
... boat . Carlos was of no use - he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was sur- prised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself ...
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... boat went down under us whilst I was tying a rope under Carlos ' arms . He was standing up with the bailer still in his hand . On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately to the rope that was thrown me ...
... boat went down under us whilst I was tying a rope under Carlos ' arms . He was standing up with the bailer still in his hand . On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately to the rope that was thrown me ...
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... boats crawled between the shores like tiny water beetles . One headed out towards us , then another . I did not want them to reach us . It was as if I did not wish my solitude to be disturbed , and I was not pleased with the idea of ...
... boats crawled between the shores like tiny water beetles . One headed out towards us , then another . I did not want them to reach us . It was as if I did not wish my solitude to be disturbed , and I was not pleased with the idea of ...
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... boat is yet there . We must go quickly ; up - up- He waved his hand towards the scuttle . " " " But still , " Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon the blue steel . He sent a baleful yellow glare into my eyes ...
... boat is yet there . We must go quickly ; up - up- He waved his hand towards the scuttle . " " " But still , " Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon the blue steel . He sent a baleful yellow glare into my eyes ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
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Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
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Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate