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... stood looking at myself in the tall glass , the day on which I left my home in Kent and went , as chance willed it , out to sea with Carlos Riego . That day my cousin Rooksby had become engaged to my sister Veronica , and I had a fit of ...
... stood looking at myself in the tall glass , the day on which I left my home in Kent and went , as chance willed it , out to sea with Carlos Riego . That day my cousin Rooksby had become engaged to my sister Veronica , and I had a fit of ...
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... stood in a little slanting cutting in the shadow . A watery light before the moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We stood in utter silence . 66 If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , " I'll ...
... stood in a little slanting cutting in the shadow . A watery light before the moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We stood in utter silence . 66 If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , " I'll ...
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... stood , drooping its head , and the man turned in his saddle . " Runners , " he shouted , " Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll roast ' em . Runners ! Runners ! " The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came ...
... stood , drooping its head , and the man turned in his saddle . " Runners , " he shouted , " Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll roast ' em . Runners ! Runners ! " The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came ...
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... the Thames quarter past eleven . Three men to be set aboard . " and in a few minutes we stood upon the shingle beside the idle sea , that was nearly at the full . • • I CHAPTER IV T was , I suppose , what PART FIRST 23.
... the Thames quarter past eleven . Three men to be set aboard . " and in a few minutes we stood upon the shingle beside the idle sea , that was nearly at the full . • • I CHAPTER IV T was , I suppose , what PART FIRST 23.
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... stood on the deck , they began laughing at old Rangsley , who held forth in a thunderous voice , punctuated by hiccoughs : 66 They carried I aboord — a - cop — theer lugger and sinks I in the cold , co — old sea . " It mortified me ...
... stood on the deck , they began laughing at old Rangsley , who held forth in a thunderous voice , punctuated by hiccoughs : 66 They carried I aboord — a - cop — theer lugger and sinks I in the cold , co — old sea . " It mortified me ...
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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...