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Page 12
... his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into the light . Suddenly he paused and looked up at me . 66 This aint- Jack Spaniard . " Mr. Lillywhite , I don't believe this aint a 66 The clinks of bits and stirrup - irons came 12 ...
... his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into the light . Suddenly he paused and looked up at me . 66 This aint- Jack Spaniard . " Mr. Lillywhite , I don't believe this aint a 66 The clinks of bits and stirrup - irons came 12 ...
Page 17
... believe in the existence of one's earlier self . But I can still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart — a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The other details I forget ...
... believe in the existence of one's earlier self . But I can still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart — a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The other details I forget ...
Page 36
... believe ? What could this mean ? But the second mate's , Scoot , young man , " seemed to come to my ears like the blast of a trumpet . I became suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald — to see no more of Carlos . From above came ...
... believe ? What could this mean ? But the second mate's , Scoot , young man , " seemed to come to my ears like the blast of a trumpet . I became suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald — to see no more of Carlos . From above came ...
Page 60
... believe my eyes when I saw him come out with extended hand . It was an extraordinary sensation , that of talking to Carlos again . He seemed to have worn badly . His face had lost its moist bloom , its hardly distinguishable subcuta ...
... believe my eyes when I saw him come out with extended hand . It was an extraordinary sensation , that of talking to Carlos again . He seemed to have worn badly . His face had lost its moist bloom , its hardly distinguishable subcuta ...
Page 71
... believe you ! " He went behind the old Don's chair with the gliding motion of a Spanish lawyer , and slipped down the open trap - hatch near the window . It was the disappearance of a shadow . I heard some guttural mutterings come up ...
... believe you ! " He went behind the old Don's chair with the gliding motion of a Spanish lawyer , and slipped down the open trap - hatch near the window . It was the disappearance of a shadow . I heard some guttural mutterings come up ...
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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...