Romance: A Novel |
From inside the book
Page 11
I whispered loudly : " Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse
whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the
level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust
something cold ...
I whispered loudly : " Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse
whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the
level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust
something cold ...
Page 15
Don ' t struggle , " he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool
across my eyelids . 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 ...
Don ' t struggle , " he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool
across my eyelids . 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 ...
Page 18
It was he who had cried the watchword , " Snuff and enough , " and who had held
the whispered consultation . Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place ,
having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture .
It was he who had cried the watchword , " Snuff and enough , " and who had held
the whispered consultation . Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place ,
having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture .
Page 37
Ah , amigo mio , but you must now , " said Carlos gently — - " you must - ” And ,
looking me straight in the face with a still , penetrating glance of his big , romantic
eyes , " It is a good life , " he whispered seductively , " and I like you , John Kemp .
Ah , amigo mio , but you must now , " said Carlos gently — - " you must - ” And ,
looking me straight in the face with a still , penetrating glance of his big , romantic
eyes , " It is a good life , " he whispered seductively , " and I like you , John Kemp .
Page 63
I should not advise anyone to come to Rio Medio , my uncle ' s town , without
making a friend of the Senor O ' Brien . " He went once more to the inner door ,
and , after a moment ' s whispering with someone within , returned to me . " My
uncle ...
I should not advise anyone to come to Rio Medio , my uncle ' s town , without
making a friend of the Senor O ' Brien . " He went once more to the inner door ,
and , after a moment ' s whispering with someone within , returned to me . " My
uncle ...
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - ToddSherman - LibraryThing“And on this ghostly sigh, on this breath, with the feeble click of beads in the nun’s hands, a silence fell upon the room, vast as the stillness of a world of unknown faiths, loves, beliefs, of ... Read full review
User Review - Flag as inappropriate
umm
its confusing
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiral answered appeared asked began believe boat body called Carlos Castro clear close coming course cried dark dead death deck door doubt ears English eyes face father fear feeling feet fell felt fire girl give gone hand hang Havana head hear heard heart hold immense keep knew land light lips lived looked Lugareņos Manuel matter means mind moved never night O'Brien once passed perhaps pirates remained remember Riego Rio Medio round Sebright seemed seen seņor Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish speak standing steps stood suddenly talk tell thing thought Tomas took turned voice waiting walked wall whispered woman wonder young
Popular passages
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...
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |