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Page 9
It seems that on Liverpool docks , in the owl - light , they fell in with an elderly
hunks just returned from West Indies , who asks the time at the door of a shipping
agent . Castro pulls out a watch , and the old fellow jumps on it , vows it ' s his
own ...
It seems that on Liverpool docks , in the owl - light , they fell in with an elderly
hunks just returned from West Indies , who asks the time at the door of a shipping
agent . Castro pulls out a watch , and the old fellow jumps on it , vows it ' s his
own ...
Page 21
What ' s the ship ? " I was at a loss , but Carlos said out of the darkness , “ The
ship the Thames . My friend Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . "
" Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that ...
What ' s the ship ? " I was at a loss , but Carlos said out of the darkness , “ The
ship the Thames . My friend Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . "
" Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that ...
Page 22
He limited his energies to working the underground passage , to the success of
which his fox - like cunning , and intimate knowledge of the passing shipping ,
were indispensable . I was preparing to follow the others down the . ladder when
...
He limited his energies to working the underground passage , to the success of
which his fox - like cunning , and intimate knowledge of the passing shipping ,
were indispensable . I was preparing to follow the others down the . ladder when
...
Page 24
And then old Rangsley hove to , to wait for the ship , and sat half asleep , lurching
over the tiller . He was a very unreliable scoundrel . The boat leaked like a sieve .
The wind freshened , and we three began to ask ourselves how it was going to ...
And then old Rangsley hove to , to wait for the ship , and sat half asleep , lurching
over the tiller . He was a very unreliable scoundrel . The boat leaked like a sieve .
The wind freshened , and we three began to ask ourselves how it was going to ...
Page 26
I made out ghastly parallelograms of a ship ' s sails high above us , and at last
many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all shouted
together . I may say that it was thanks to me that we reached the ship . Our boat
went ...
I made out ghastly parallelograms of a ship ' s sails high above us , and at last
many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all shouted
together . I may say that it was thanks to me that we reached the ship . Our boat
went ...
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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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