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Page 8
... halt , and began furiously to switch his corded legs . " Curse Carlos , and his
Castro , too . They ' ll have me in jail betwixt them . They ' re both in my red
ROMANCE.
... halt , and began furiously to switch his corded legs . " Curse Carlos , and his
Castro , too . They ' ll have me in jail betwixt them . They ' re both in my red
ROMANCE.
Page 11
Everything grew silent again , and I began to think I had missed my time . Down
below in the plain , a great way off , a dog was barking continuously . I moved
forward a few paces and whistled . The glow of adventure began to die away .
Everything grew silent again , and I began to think I had missed my time . Down
below in the plain , a great way off , a dog was barking continuously . I moved
forward a few paces and whistled . The glow of adventure began to die away .
Page 13
I began to come out of my stupor . " My name ' s John Kemp , " I said . The other
grunted . " Hurry up , Thoms . " " But , Mr . Lillywhite , " Thoms reasoned , “ he don
' t speak like a Dago . Split me if he do ! And we aint in a friendly country either ...
I began to come out of my stupor . " My name ' s John Kemp , " I said . The other
grunted . " Hurry up , Thoms . " " But , Mr . Lillywhite , " Thoms reasoned , “ he don
' t speak like a Dago . Split me if he do ! And we aint in a friendly country either ...
Page 14
The horseman gave an incredulous whistle , and then began to shout , his voice
winding mournfully uphill , " Hallo ! Hallo — o — o . " An echo stole back , " Hallo !
Hallo — o — o " ; then a number of voices . The horse stood , drooping its head ...
The horseman gave an incredulous whistle , and then began to shout , his voice
winding mournfully uphill , " Hallo ! Hallo — o — o . " An echo stole back , " Hallo !
Hallo — o — o " ; then a number of voices . The horse stood , drooping its head ...
Page 15
He began to make a set speech , anathematizing runners . He moved to tie our
feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent
and dissent went up ; then the crowd became unanimous . Rangsley slipped from
...
He began to make a set speech , anathematizing runners . He moved to tie our
feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent
and dissent went up ; then the crowd became unanimous . Rangsley slipped from
...
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Page 40 - 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...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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