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I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . " You ' re all right , " he
said again . The hubbub of voices ceased suddenly . " Now , lads , bring ' em
along . " A voice I knew said their watchword , " Snuff and enough , ; ' loudly , and
...
I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . " You ' re all right , " he
said again . The hubbub of voices ceased suddenly . " Now , lads , bring ' em
along . " A voice I knew said their watchword , " Snuff and enough , ; ' loudly , and
...
Page 32
I felt glad and flattered that a personage so romantic should deem me a fit
companion for himself . He went forward as if with some purpose . Some days
afterwards the second mate sent for me to his cabin . He had been on the sick list
, and he ...
I felt glad and flattered that a personage so romantic should deem me a fit
companion for himself . He went forward as if with some purpose . Some days
afterwards the second mate sent for me to his cabin . He had been on the sick list
, and he ...
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But he glared at me so soberly that next moment I felt frightened . " Hanged by the
neck , " he repeated ; and then added , " Young fellow , you scoot . Take a fool ' s
advice , and scoot . That Castro is a blame fool , anyhow . Yeh want men for ...
But he glared at me so soberly that next moment I felt frightened . " Hanged by the
neck , " he repeated ; and then added , " Young fellow , you scoot . Take a fool ' s
advice , and scoot . That Castro is a blame fool , anyhow . Yeh want men for ...
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And yet I remembered how unhappy I felt , how inexplicably unhappy . Presently
the reason was made clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the
second mate . I looked at the harbor we were entering , and thought of the home I
...
And yet I remembered how unhappy I felt , how inexplicably unhappy . Presently
the reason was made clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the
second mate . I looked at the harbor we were entering , and thought of the home I
...
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A Novel Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. “ Take a fool ' s advice , and scoot ” I
felt that the light of Romance was going out. VI.
A Novel Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. “ Take a fool ' s advice , and scoot ” I
felt that the light of Romance was going out. VI.
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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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