Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - 541 pages |
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... appeared there , snuffbox in hand . In that land of white clothes , that precise , an- cient , Castilian in black was something to remember . The black cane that had made the tap , tap , tap dangled by a silken cord from the hand whose ...
... appeared there , snuffbox in hand . In that land of white clothes , that precise , an- cient , Castilian in black was something to remember . The black cane that had made the tap , tap , tap dangled by a silken cord from the hand whose ...
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... appeared very wonderful that I could sit calmly there , surveying , for instance , those four sinister fellows with daggers , as if they were nothing at all . When I had been at home the matter would have caused me extraordinary emo ...
... appeared very wonderful that I could sit calmly there , surveying , for instance , those four sinister fellows with daggers , as if they were nothing at all . When I had been at home the matter would have caused me extraordinary emo ...
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... a lion's cage . People appeared and disappeared in front of the lighted door ; windows stood open , with heads craning out all along the inn face . I was hurrying off the back of my horse when the admiral came out on to 67.
... a lion's cage . People appeared and disappeared in front of the lighted door ; windows stood open , with heads craning out all along the inn face . I was hurrying off the back of my horse when the admiral came out on to 67.
Page 68
... appeared under his chin ; his head was uncovered . A third male face , very white , bobbed up and down beside his shining left shoulder . He kept on saying : That " What ? what ? what ? Hey , what ? man ? " He appeared to be halfway ...
... appeared under his chin ; his head was uncovered . A third male face , very white , bobbed up and down beside his shining left shoulder . He kept on saying : That " What ? what ? what ? Hey , what ? man ? " He appeared to be halfway ...
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... appeared in sight above the heads , clinging to each other for support , and being drawn slowly along . The little ... appearance of a group of statuary to for- lorn misery . Festoons of chains completed the " com- position . One was a ...
... appeared in sight above the heads , clinging to each other for support , and being drawn slowly along . The little ... appearance of a group of statuary to for- lorn misery . Festoons of chains completed the " com- position . One was a ...
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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...