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Page 68
... Senorita , I ask him to come to Rio , " he said . She turned her large dark eyes scrutinizingly upon me , then dropped them again . She was arranging some melon seeds in a rayed circle round the lizard that looked motionlessly at her ...
... Senorita , I ask him to come to Rio , " he said . She turned her large dark eyes scrutinizingly upon me , then dropped them again . She was arranging some melon seeds in a rayed circle round the lizard that looked motionlessly at her ...
Page 80
... Senorita ! Voyons ! quelle folie . " She sprang at me . Her hand hurt my wrist as she dragged me aft . I scrambled clumsily into the recess of the counter , and put my head out . The night air was very chilly and full of brine ; a ...
... Senorita ! Voyons ! quelle folie . " She sprang at me . Her hand hurt my wrist as she dragged me aft . I scrambled clumsily into the recess of the counter , and put my head out . The night air was very chilly and full of brine ; a ...
Page 106
... Señorita . " I looked at him in amazement . " But Veronica is nothing at all . He smiled wearily . " Ah , the Senorita ; she is very well ; a man could love her , too . But we do not command love , my friend . " I interrupted him . " I ...
... Señorita . " I looked at him in amazement . " But Veronica is nothing at all . He smiled wearily . " Ah , the Senorita ; she is very well ; a man could love her , too . But we do not command love , my friend . " I interrupted him . " I ...
Page 114
... A multitude of stars was suspended over the breathless peace of the court . 66 Senorita , " I began , mustering all my courage , and all my Spanish , " I do not know- " " She was walking by my side with upright carriage and 114 ROMANCE.
... A multitude of stars was suspended over the breathless peace of the court . 66 Senorita , " I began , mustering all my courage , and all my Spanish , " I do not know- " " She was walking by my side with upright carriage and 114 ROMANCE.
Page 135
... senorita has de- sired for the honor of the Riegos . Let her set her mind at ease . " " The girl then whispered to him with great animation . Did not his worship think that it was the senorita's heart which was not at ease ? Then the ...
... senorita has de- sired for the honor of the Riegos . Let her set her mind at ease . " " The girl then whispered to him with great animation . Did not his worship think that it was the senorita's heart which was not at ease ? Then the ...
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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...