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Page 21
... cloak , and something reckless in the way he set his spurred heel on the ground . He was the son of an old Marsh squire . Old Rangsley had been head of the last of the Owlers the aristocracy of export smugglers — and Jack had sunk a ...
... cloak , and something reckless in the way he set his spurred heel on the ground . He was the son of an old Marsh squire . Old Rangsley had been head of the last of the Owlers the aristocracy of export smugglers — and Jack had sunk a ...
Page 33
... beard was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand . As a rule , the place of his forearm was taken by a long THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 33.
... beard was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand . As a rule , the place of his forearm was taken by a long THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 33.
Page 48
... cloak with a grandiose gesture . " By my hand ! " he added with difficulty . He was really very much alarmed . Carlos was gaz- ing up the hatch . I was ready to laugh at the idea of dying by Tomas Castro's hand while , within five feet ...
... cloak with a grandiose gesture . " By my hand ! " he added with difficulty . He was really very much alarmed . Carlos was gaz- ing up the hatch . I was ready to laugh at the idea of dying by Tomas Castro's hand while , within five feet ...
Page 50
... cloak . up " Up — mount ! " Carlos commanded . Castro muttered , " Vamos , " and began clumsily to climb the ladder , like a bale of rags being hauled from above . Carlos placed his foot on the steps , preparing to follow him . He ...
... cloak . up " Up — mount ! " Carlos commanded . Castro muttered , " Vamos , " and began clumsily to climb the ladder , like a bale of rags being hauled from above . Carlos placed his foot on the steps , preparing to follow him . He ...
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