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Page 67
... schooners lie in Rio Medio , but I can't be there all the time myself . " Surprise deprived me of speech . I glanced at Carlos . He was watching us inscrutably . The young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to ...
... schooners lie in Rio Medio , but I can't be there all the time myself . " Surprise deprived me of speech . I glanced at Carlos . He was watching us inscrutably . The young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to ...
Page 86
... schooner , rather low in the water , courtesying under a cloud of white canvas — a wonderful thing to look at . It was as if I had never seen anything so instinct with life and the joy of it . A snowy streak spattered away from her bows ...
... schooner , rather low in the water , courtesying under a cloud of white canvas — a wonderful thing to look at . It was as if I had never seen anything so instinct with life and the joy of it . A snowy streak spattered away from her bows ...
Page 87
... schooner came back on her course , heading straight for us ; a shout like groaned applause went up from on board us . Lumsden hid his face in his hands . I could hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forward. . We were shortening sail ...
... schooner came back on her course , heading straight for us ; a shout like groaned applause went up from on board us . Lumsden hid his face in his hands . I could hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forward. . We were shortening sail ...
Page 88
... schooner — full of as ill - favored , ragged rascals as the most vivid imagination could conceive . Of course , there had been no resistance on our part . We were out- sailed , and at the first ferocious hail the halyards had been let ...
... schooner — full of as ill - favored , ragged rascals as the most vivid imagination could conceive . Of course , there had been no resistance on our part . We were out- sailed , and at the first ferocious hail the halyards had been let ...
Page 92
... schooner had filled on her in a light wind , and , sailing round our stern , had brought their vessel alongside . Ropes were thrown on board and we lay close together , but the schooner with her dirty decks looked to me , now , very ...
... schooner had filled on her in a light wind , and , sailing round our stern , had brought their vessel alongside . Ropes were thrown on board and we lay close together , but the schooner with her dirty decks looked to me , now , very ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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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...