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Page 11
... whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust ... whispered in my ear . The lanthorn light suddenly died out , and I heard II II.
... whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust ... whispered in my ear . The lanthorn light suddenly died out , and I heard II II.
Page 12
... whisper said from above : " Other's cleared , Thoms . Got that one safe ? " " All serene . " The man from above dropped down into the road , a clumsy , cloaked figure . He turned his lantern upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 What ...
... whisper said from above : " Other's cleared , Thoms . Got that one safe ? " " All serene . " The man from above dropped down into the road , a clumsy , cloaked figure . He turned his lantern upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 What ...
Page 15
... whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the ... whispering . Then a new voice cried , " Strip the runners to the shirt . Strip ' em . That's it . " I heard some ...
... whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the ... whispering . Then a new voice cried , " Strip the runners to the shirt . Strip ' em . That's it . " I heard some ...
Page 16
... whisper . " Mum , now ! It's all right . " It withdrew itself a little from my ear and called , " Now then , ready with them . When I say three . . . . " I heard groans and curses , and began to shout for help . My voice came back in an ...
... whisper . " Mum , now ! It's all right . " It withdrew itself a little from my ear and called , " Now then , ready with them . When I say three . . . . " I heard groans and curses , and began to shout for help . My voice came back in an ...
Page 18
... whispered consultation . Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture . I gathered this long afterwards . At that moment I was conscious only of the motion ...
... whispered consultation . Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture . I gathered this long afterwards . At that moment I was conscious only of the motion ...
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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...