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Page 113
... Father Antonio , in his devotion , dines by the bedside of our beloved Carlos . " He sighed . The heavy carvings of his chair rose upright at his back ; he sat with his head leaning forward over his silver plate . A heavy silence fell ...
... Father Antonio , in his devotion , dines by the bedside of our beloved Carlos . " He sighed . The heavy carvings of his chair rose upright at his back ; he sat with his head leaning forward over his silver plate . A heavy silence fell ...
Page 118
... Father Antonio , mutter- ing over his breviary , enter the space of the light . He crossed himself , and stopped with a friendly , " You are taking the air , my son . The night is warm . " He was rubicund , and his little eyes looked me ...
... Father Antonio , mutter- ing over his breviary , enter the space of the light . He crossed himself , and stopped with a friendly , " You are taking the air , my son . The night is warm . " He was rubicund , and his little eyes looked me ...
Page 127
... Father Antonio with his breviary , and the white coif of the nun , seemed the only reminders of illness and mortality . Sometimes his voice was very strong , and a sort of hopefulness lighted his wasted features . Don Balthasar paid ...
... Father Antonio with his breviary , and the white coif of the nun , seemed the only reminders of illness and mortality . Sometimes his voice was very strong , and a sort of hopefulness lighted his wasted features . Don Balthasar paid ...
Page 130
... Father Antonio , who had learned many things in the confessional , could tell us nothing , but , when the matter was men- tioned , only rolled his eyes up to heaven in an alarming manner . It was startling to think of all the unholy ...
... Father Antonio , who had learned many things in the confessional , could tell us nothing , but , when the matter was men- tioned , only rolled his eyes up to heaven in an alarming manner . It was startling to think of all the unholy ...
Page 131
... Father Antonio , from whom Carlos had , of course , no secrets , stood by the bed , his round , jolly face almost comical in its expres- sion of compassionate concern . Carlos passed his thin , wasted hand over a white brow pearled with ...
... Father Antonio , from whom Carlos had , of course , no secrets , stood by the bed , his round , jolly face almost comical in its expres- sion of compassionate concern . Carlos passed his thin , wasted hand over a white brow pearled with ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...