Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - 541 pages |
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... Admiral Rowley's , " it con- tinued . Then it rumbled out some remarks about " pirates , vermin , coast of Cuba . " Carlos came to the side , and looked after the man - of- war in the distance . " You could help us , " I heard him ...
... Admiral Rowley's , " it con- tinued . Then it rumbled out some remarks about " pirates , vermin , coast of Cuba . " Carlos came to the side , and looked after the man - of- war in the distance . " You could help us , " I heard him ...
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... admiral was an old fool - no good for this job . He's found out the name of the place the pirates come from - Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers . You saw his flagship ? " Rio Medio was ...
... admiral was an old fool - no good for this job . He's found out the name of the place the pirates come from - Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with his three - deckers . You saw his flagship ? " Rio Medio was ...
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... Admiral Rowley was understood to be going to make an energetic attempt upon the pirates who still infested the Gulf of Mexico and nearly ruined the Jamaica trade of those days . Naturally enough , we had talked of the mysterious town in ...
... Admiral Rowley was understood to be going to make an energetic attempt upon the pirates who still infested the Gulf of Mexico and nearly ruined the Jamaica trade of those days . Naturally enough , we had talked of the mysterious town in ...
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... Admiral Rowley , with his great ships , cannot rid the sea of them ? " He lowered his voice . " I tell you , young señor , that England will lose this Island of Jamaica over this business . You yourself are a Separa- tionist , are you ...
... Admiral Rowley , with his great ships , cannot rid the sea of them ? " He lowered his voice . " I tell you , young señor , that England will lose this Island of Jamaica over this business . You yourself are a Separa- tionist , are you ...
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... Admiral Rowley , a good fighting man ; but when it came to clearing the Gulf of Mexico , he was about as useless as a prize - fighter trying to clear a stable of rats . I don't suppose El Demonio really did more than a tithe of the ...
... Admiral Rowley , a good fighting man ; but when it came to clearing the Gulf of Mexico , he was about as useless as a prize - fighter trying to clear a stable of rats . I don't suppose El Demonio really did more than a tithe of the ...
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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 Macdonald 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 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...