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Page 4
She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth
delicately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a
white flower that clung above her ear like the pen of a clerk , and disappeared ...
She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth
delicately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a
white flower that clung above her ear like the pen of a clerk , and disappeared ...
Page 10
But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck , which had increased in value since its devotion
to Veronica , he would have squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the
idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a ...
But for Ralph ' s fear for his neck , which had increased in value since its devotion
to Veronica , he would have squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the
idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a ...
Page 19
For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two
down the road . He came at a trot , gave me the letter , drew me aside , and
began upbraiding himself again . The others rode onwards . " Oh , it ' s all right , "
I said ...
For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two
down the road . He came at a trot , gave me the letter , drew me aside , and
began upbraiding himself again . The others rode onwards . " Oh , it ' s all right , "
I said ...
Page 25
Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I caught him
muttering savagely : " I could kill that old man ! " He did not want to be drowned ;
neither assuredly did I . But it was not fear so much as a feeling of dreariness ...
Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I caught him
muttering savagely : " I could kill that old man ! " He did not want to be drowned ;
neither assuredly did I . But it was not fear so much as a feeling of dreariness ...
Page 28
He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . . . .
What do I know ? Over there in my uncle ' s town , there are some villains — you
know what I mean , one must not speak too loudly on this ship . There is a man ...
He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . . . .
What do I know ? Over there in my uncle ' s town , there are some villains — you
know what I mean , one must not speak too loudly on this ship . There is a man ...
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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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