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Page 28
... O'Brien , who mismanages my uncle's affairs . What do I know ? The good Tomas has been in some villainy that is no affair of mine . He is a good friend and a faithful dependent of my family's . He certainly had that man's watch — the ...
... O'Brien , who mismanages my uncle's affairs . What do I know ? The good Tomas has been in some villainy that is no affair of mine . He is a good friend and a faithful dependent of my family's . He certainly had that man's watch — the ...
Page 63
... O'Brien in there , " he said . He does us the honor to pretend to my cousin's hand . " 66 66 I felt singularly angry ... O'Brien . " He went once more to the inner door , and , after a moment's whispering with someone within , returned ...
... O'Brien in there , " he said . He does us the honor to pretend to my cousin's hand . " 66 66 I felt singularly angry ... O'Brien . " He went once more to the inner door , and , after a moment's whispering with someone within , returned ...
Page 66
... O'Brien . " It's little use saying ye arren't famous , " he said . His voice had the faint , infinitely sweet twang of certain Irishry ; a thing as delicate and intangible as the scent of lime flowers . Our noble friend " —he indicated ...
... O'Brien . " It's little use saying ye arren't famous , " he said . His voice had the faint , infinitely sweet twang of certain Irishry ; a thing as delicate and intangible as the scent of lime flowers . Our noble friend " —he indicated ...
Page 67
... O'Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . . . . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me . Moreover , I was half Scotch . Had I forgotten the wrongs of my own ...
... O'Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . . . . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me . Moreover , I was half Scotch . Had I forgotten the wrongs of my own ...
Page 68
... O'Brien jeered . " But over there they winked and chuckled at the judge , and they do the same in Havana at us . " Suddenly from behind us the voice of the young girl said , “ Of what do you discourse , my English cousin ? " " O'Brien ...
... O'Brien jeered . " But over there they winked and chuckled at the judge , and they do the same in Havana at us . " Suddenly from behind us the voice of the young girl said , “ Of what do you discourse , my English cousin ? " " O'Brien ...
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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...