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Page vii
... face of my panic . After signing these few prefatory words I will pass the pen to him in the hope that he may be moved to contra- dict me on every point of fact , im- pression , and appreciation . I said " the hope . " Yes , eager hope ...
... face of my panic . After signing these few prefatory words I will pass the pen to him in the hope that he may be moved to contra- dict me on every point of fact , im- pression , and appreciation . I said " the hope . " Yes , eager hope ...
Page x
... faces the sea on the Belgian coast . But of " The Nature of a Crime " no phrase at all suggests either the tones of a voice or the colour of a day . When an old friend , last year , on a Parisian Boulevard said : " Isn't there a story ...
... faces the sea on the Belgian coast . But of " The Nature of a Crime " no phrase at all suggests either the tones of a voice or the colour of a day . When an old friend , last year , on a Parisian Boulevard said : " Isn't there a story ...
Page xiii
... face , of fingers contorted . Guido Fawkes beneath the peine forte et dure looked like that . You are to remember that we were very serious about writing . I would read on . After a long time it would come : " Oh ! oh ! My dear Ford ...
... face , of fingers contorted . Guido Fawkes beneath the peine forte et dure looked like that . You are to remember that we were very serious about writing . I would read on . After a long time it would come : " Oh ! oh ! My dear Ford ...
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... face them empty - handed lest from sheer distress I should go mad and begin to execrate you . Action ? What form of action could remove me far enough from you whose every thought was re- ferred to your existence ? And as you were to me ...
... face them empty - handed lest from sheer distress I should go mad and begin to execrate you . Action ? What form of action could remove me far enough from you whose every thought was re- ferred to your existence ? And as you were to me ...
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... faces of Coke and Coke when they come to certain figures ! It was an outlaw of some sort , was it not , who danced and sang beneath the gallows ? I wonder , now , what sort of traitor , out- law , or stealthy politician I should have ...
... faces of Coke and Coke when they come to certain figures ! It was an outlaw of some sort , was it not , who danced and sang beneath the gallows ? I wonder , now , what sort of traitor , out- law , or stealthy politician I should have ...
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Page viii - THE MIRROR OF THE SEA THE SECRET AGENT A SET OF SIX UNDER WESTERN EYES A PERSONAL RECORD...
Page 104 - Ramon s great spectacles, the piercing eyes in the mahogany face, while the tap, tap, tap of a cane on the flags went on behind the inner door; the click of the latch; the stream of light. The door, petulantly thrust inwards, struck against some barrels. I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door, and the tall figure that appeared there, snuff-box in hand. In that land of white clothes that precise, ancient, Castilian in black was something to remember.
Page 101 - I suppose our recollections agree. Mine, in their simplest form, are: First Part, yours; Second Part, mainly yours, with a little by me on points of seamanship and suchlike small matters; Third Part, about 60% mine with important touches by you; Fourth Part, mine, with here and there an important sentence by you; Fifth Part practically all yours, including the famous sentence at which we both exclaimed: 'This is Genius...
Page 101 - Conrad's recollections — except for the generosity of his two 'importants' — tally well enough with those of the writer if conception alone is concerned. When it comes however to the writing the truth is that Parts One, Two, Three and Five are a singular mosaic of passages written alternately by one or other of the collaborators.
Page 105 - ... ruffles. The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of the hooked nose that had, on the skin stretched tight over the bridge, the polish of old ivory; the elbow pressing the black cocked hat against the side; the legs, one bent, the other bowing a little back — this was the attitude of Seraphina's father. Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open, he remained immovable, with no intention of entering, and called in a harsh, aged voice: "Senor...
Page 104 - What are these days to me? But that far-off day of my romance when from between the blue and white bales in Don Ramon's darkened store room, at Kingston, I saw the door open before the figure of an old man with the tired, long, white face, that day I am not likely to forget. I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store, the indescribable smell of damp gloom, of locos, of pimento, of olive oil, of new sugar, of...