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Page 27
... Rio Medio . " The town belongs to my uncle . He is very rich ; a Grand d'Espagne everything ; but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an only daughter , a Dona Seraphina , and I suppose ...
... Rio Medio . " The town belongs to my uncle . He is very rich ; a Grand d'Espagne everything ; but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an only daughter , a Dona Seraphina , and I suppose ...
Page 30
... Rio Medio , my uncle's town . He is an afiliado . " 66 He laughed again . It is not easy to enter that place , Juanino . " There was certainly some mystery about that town of his uncle's . One night I overheard him say to Castro ...
... Rio Medio , my uncle's town . He is an afiliado . " 66 He laughed again . It is not easy to enter that place , Juanino . " There was certainly some mystery about that town of his uncle's . One night I overheard him say to Castro ...
Page 36
... Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers . You saw his flagship ? " " Rio Medio was the name of the town to which Carlos was going — which his uncle owned . They moved away from above . 66 What ...
... Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers . You saw his flagship ? " " Rio Medio was the name of the town to which Carlos was going — which his uncle owned . They moved away from above . 66 What ...
Page 38
... Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . " It is a nest of pirates . " Castro crept towards me again on the points of his toes . " Senor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil , " he hissed , looking very much frightened , " you must die ...
... Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . " It is a nest of pirates . " Castro crept towards me again on the points of his toes . " Senor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil , " he hissed , looking very much frightened , " you must die ...
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... Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He had a touch of irony in his composed voice . " But it is very certain , " he went on , that if your Government had not recognized the belligerent rights of the rebellious colony of Mexico ...
... Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He had a touch of irony in his composed voice . " But it is very certain , " he went on , that if your Government had not recognized the belligerent rights of the rebellious colony of Mexico ...
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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...