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... talk about them , the Riegos , and Veronica used to talk of what he said of them until they came to stand for Romance , the romance of the outer world , to me . One day , a little before Ralph and Veronica became engaged , these ...
... talk about them , the Riegos , and Veronica used to talk of what he said of them until they came to stand for Romance , the romance of the outer world , to me . One day , a little before Ralph and Veronica became engaged , these ...
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... talk to me , he said , and I followed him out through the yard on to the soft road that climbs the hill to west- ward . The evening was falling slowly and mournfully ; it was dark already in the folds of the somber downs . We passed the ...
... talk to me , he said , and I followed him out through the yard on to the soft road that climbs the hill to west- ward . The evening was falling slowly and mournfully ; it was dark already in the folds of the somber downs . We passed the ...
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... talk as we go . " Someone helped me into a saddle ; my legs trembled in the stir- rups as if I had ridden a thousand miles on end already . I imagine I must have fallen into a stupor ; for I have only a vague impres- sion of somebody's ...
... talk as we go . " Someone helped me into a saddle ; my legs trembled in the stir- rups as if I had ridden a thousand miles on end already . I imagine I must have fallen into a stupor ; for I have only a vague impres- sion of somebody's ...
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... talk and wait . " No ; England , " he answered in a tone full of meaning- " things in England — people there . One person at least . " To me his words and his smile seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said very earnestly ...
... talk and wait . " No ; England , " he answered in a tone full of meaning- " things in England — people there . One person at least . " To me his words and his smile seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said very earnestly ...
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... talking to them . I respected him so ; he was so wonderful to me then . Castro I de- tested ; but I accepted their relationship without in the least under- standing how Carlos , with his fine grain , his high soul — I gave him credit ...
... talking to them . I respected him so ; he was so wonderful to me then . Castro I de- tested ; but I accepted their relationship without in the least under- standing how Carlos , with his fine grain , his high soul — I gave him credit ...
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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...