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... Senor Ramon ! Senor Ramon ! " and then twice : " Seraphina — Seraphina ! " turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking I.
... Senor Ramon ! Senor Ramon ! " and then twice : " Seraphina — Seraphina ! " turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking I.
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... Senor Ramon , " she said to her father , as if she were chiding him for a petulance in calling ; " your sight is not very good , my poor little father — there he is , your Ramon . " The warm reflection of the light behind her , gilding ...
... Senor Ramon , " she said to her father , as if she were chiding him for a petulance in calling ; " your sight is not very good , my poor little father — there he is , your Ramon . " The warm reflection of the light behind her , gilding ...
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... Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that was to be known about smuggling out of the southern counties of people who could no longer ...
... Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that was to be known about smuggling out of the southern counties of people who could no longer ...
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... lived and regretted . I should disappear ingloriously on the very threshold . Castro , standing up unsteadily , growled , " We may do it yet ! See , senor ! " The blue gleam was much larger — it flared smokily PART FIRST 25.
... lived and regretted . I should disappear ingloriously on the very threshold . Castro , standing up unsteadily , growled , " We may do it yet ! See , senor ! " The blue gleam was much larger — it flared smokily PART FIRST 25.
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... Senor Ramon ; I have letters to him , and he shall find me a conveyance to 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 ...
... Senor Ramon ; I have letters to him , and he shall find me a conveyance to 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 ...
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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...