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The neighbors round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day — for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
The neighbors round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp ' s farm was a hotbed of
disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on
one day — for horse - stealing and arson . . . . Anyhow , that was my mother .
Page 7
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
Page 10
... bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck ,
which had increased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have
squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his
place .
... bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck ,
which had increased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have
squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his
place .
Page 14
At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky ,
a confused crowd of ominous things . “ Turn that lanthorn off ' n me , ” the
horseman said . “ Don ' t you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round
them .
At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky ,
a confused crowd of ominous things . “ Turn that lanthorn off ' n me , ” the
horseman said . “ Don ' t you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round
them .
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Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned me sharply round . “ Don ' t struggle ,
” he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I
felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . “ You ' re all right , ” he ...
Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned me sharply round . “ Don ' t struggle ,
” he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I
felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . “ You ' re all right , ” he ...
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| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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