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Page 9
... looked at him wonderingly in the dusk ; his high coat collar almost hid his face , and his hat was pressed down over his eyes . The thing seemed incredible to me . Here was an adventure , and I was shocked to see that Rooksby was in a ...
... looked at him wonderingly in the dusk ; his high coat collar almost hid his face , and his hat was pressed down over his eyes . The thing seemed incredible to me . Here was an adventure , and I was shocked to see that Rooksby was in a ...
Page 18
... of the profoundest dejection . In the misty light he looked like a man mortally wounded , riding from a battle - field . " Let him come with us , " the musical voice of Carlos came through the mist in front of us . " He 18 ROMANCE.
... of the profoundest dejection . In the misty light he looked like a man mortally wounded , riding from a battle - field . " Let him come with us , " the musical voice of Carlos came through the mist in front of us . " He 18 ROMANCE.
Page 23
... looked up to need to — the justices and such like . But gallus birds like you and your company , it's best for us not to be seen in company with . Follow my uncle now . Good- night . " We went into the yard , under the pillars of the ...
... looked up to need to — the justices and such like . But gallus birds like you and your company , it's best for us not to be seen in company with . Follow my uncle now . Good- night . " We went into the yard , under the pillars of the ...
Page 28
... looked down good - humoredly at his clothes . " But , " I said , " how do you come to be in a scrape at all ? " He laughed a little proudly . " In a scrape ? " he said . " I .. I am in none . It is Tomas Castro there . " He laughed ...
... looked down good - humoredly at his clothes . " But , " I said , " how do you come to be in a scrape at all ? " He laughed a little proudly . " In a scrape ? " he said . " I .. I am in none . It is Tomas Castro there . " He laughed ...
Page 29
... the romance of Carlos ' career , enhanced , also , the mystery . I asked him one day , " But why do you go to Jamaica at all if you are bound for Cuba ? " He looked at me , smiling a little mournfully . PART FIRST 29.
... the romance of Carlos ' career , enhanced , also , the mystery . I asked him one day , " But why do you go to Jamaica at all if you are bound for Cuba ? " He looked at me , smiling a little mournfully . PART FIRST 29.
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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...