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... ship . Afterwards — in the solitary dusk among the ropes and bales — there had evidently been some play with knives , and it ended with a flight to London , and then down to Rooksby's red barn , with the runners in full cry after them ...
... ship . Afterwards — in the solitary dusk among the ropes and bales — there had evidently been some play with knives , and it ended with a flight to London , and then down to Rooksby's red barn , with the runners in full cry after them ...
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... ship ? " I was at a loss , but Carlos said out of the darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all ...
... ship ? " I was at a loss , but Carlos said out of the darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all ...
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... ship , and sat half asleep , lurching over the tiller . He was a very unreliable scoundrel . The boat leaked like a sieve . The wind freshened , and we three began to ask ourselves how it was going to end . There were no lights upon the ...
... ship , and sat half asleep , lurching over the tiller . He was a very unreliable scoundrel . The boat leaked like a sieve . The wind freshened , and we three began to ask ourselves how it was going to end . There were no lights upon the ...
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... ship's sails high above us , and at last many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all shouted together . I may say that it was thanks to me that we reached the ship . Our boat went down under us whilst I was ...
... ship's sails high above us , and at last many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all shouted together . I may say that it was thanks to me that we reached the ship . Our boat went down under us whilst I was ...
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... ship in these rags . " He 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 ...
... ship in these rags . " He 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 ...
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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...