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Page 11
... " In the King's name . It was a most sudden catastrophe . A hand was clutching my windpipe . • " " " Don't you so much as squeak , Mr. Castro , " a voice whispered in my ear . The lanthorn light suddenly died out , and I heard II II.
... " In the King's name . It was a most sudden catastrophe . A hand was clutching my windpipe . • " " " Don't you so much as squeak , Mr. Castro , " a voice whispered in my ear . The lanthorn light suddenly died out , and I heard II II.
Page 13
... heard him . Kemp he may be , but he spoke Spanish up there .. and we've got some- thing for our trouble . He'll swing , I'll lay you a " " From far above us came a shout , then a confused noise of voices . The moon began to get up ...
... heard him . Kemp he may be , but he spoke Spanish up there .. and we've got some- thing for our trouble . He'll swing , I'll lay you a " " From far above us came a shout , then a confused noise of voices . The moon began to get up ...
Page 14
... heard ; a fist struck me on the cheek . " Gibbet ' em , " somebody shrieked ; " they hung my nephew ! Gibbet ' em all the three . Young Kemp's mother's a bad ' un . An informer he is . Up with ' em ! " I was pulled down on my knees ...
... heard ; a fist struck me on the cheek . " Gibbet ' em , " somebody shrieked ; " they hung my nephew ! Gibbet ' em all the three . Young Kemp's mother's a bad ' un . An informer he is . Up with ' em ! " I was pulled down on my knees ...
Page 16
... heard groans and curses , and began to shout for help . My voice came back in an echo , despairingly . Suddenly I was dragged backward , and the bandage pulled from my eyes . 66 " " Come along , " Rangsley said , leading me gently ...
... heard groans and curses , and began to shout for help . My voice came back in an echo , despairingly . Suddenly I was dragged backward , and the bandage pulled from my eyes . 66 " " Come along , " Rangsley said , leading me gently ...
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... " Rangsley said . " With this wind you'll want to be well out in the Bay at a quarter after eleven . " An abnormal scuffling , intermingled with snatches of jovial remonstrance , made itself heard from the bottom of the PART FIRST 21.
... " Rangsley said . " With this wind you'll want to be well out in the Bay at a quarter after eleven . " An abnormal scuffling , intermingled with snatches of jovial remonstrance , made itself heard from the bottom of the PART FIRST 21.
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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...