Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - 541 pages |
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Page 276
... Sebright , you know . " " Certainly , sir . bo'sun . " • Another hand to the brakes , " I have been held captive on shore , " I said . “ I escaped this evening , three hours ago . ' 66 د , ' And found this ship in the fog ? You made a ...
... Sebright , you know . " " Certainly , sir . bo'sun . " • Another hand to the brakes , " I have been held captive on shore , " I said . “ I escaped this evening , three hours ago . ' 66 د , ' And found this ship in the fog ? You made a ...
Page 277
... Sebright's voice said to me . " Frighten us , eh ? Never you mind what this skunk says , men . Stand fast . We shall take a lot of kill- ing . He was answered by a sort of pugnacious up- roar , a clash of cutlasses and laughter , as if ...
... Sebright's voice said to me . " Frighten us , eh ? Never you mind what this skunk says , men . Stand fast . We shall take a lot of kill- ing . He was answered by a sort of pugnacious up- roar , a clash of cutlasses and laughter , as if ...
Page 286
... Sebright . The captain's gone in to show himself to the missus ; she wouldn't like to have him too much chip- ped . Wonderful is the love of woman . sat up a bit later to - night with her fancy - sewing to see what might turn up . I ...
... Sebright . The captain's gone in to show himself to the missus ; she wouldn't like to have him too much chip- ped . Wonderful is the love of woman . sat up a bit later to - night with her fancy - sewing to see what might turn up . I ...
Page 288
... Sebright with what strength of lung I had . What luck ! Williams was the jolly little ship's captain I was to have dined with on the day of execution on Kingston Point — the day I had been kidnapped . It seemed ages ago . I wanted to ...
... Sebright with what strength of lung I had . What luck ! Williams was the jolly little ship's captain I was to have dined with on the day of execution on Kingston Point — the day I had been kidnapped . It seemed ages ago . I wanted to ...
Page 294
... Sebright , walking at the elbow of a stout man in loose trousers and jacket . They stopped . " An unexpected meeting , Captain Williams , " was all I found to say to him . He had a constrained air , and shook hands in awkward silence ...
... Sebright , walking at the elbow of a stout man in loose trousers and jacket . They stopped . " An unexpected meeting , Captain Williams , " was all I found to say to him . He had a constrained air , and shook hands in awkward silence ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Señor Señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 53 - He will get us murdered," he said. "Do you think we are safe here? If these people here heard that name they wouldn't wait to ask who your worship is. They would tear us to pieces in an instant. I tell you — moi, Tomas Castro — he will ruin us, this white fool " Carlos began to cough, shaken speechless as if by an invisible devil. Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him, then he looked at me. He made an extraordinary swift motion with his right hand, and I saw that he was facing me with a long...
Page 6 - ... from the hand whose delicate blueveined, wrinkled wrist ran back into a foam of lawn 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...