Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - 541 pages |
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... matter . In fine , Carlos had the hospitality of the Priory , and the title of Count when he chose to use it . He brought with him a short , pursy , bearded compan- ion , half friend , half servant , who said he had served in Napoleon's ...
... matter . In fine , Carlos had the hospitality of the Priory , and the title of Count when he chose to use it . He brought with him a short , pursy , bearded compan- ion , half friend , half servant , who said he had served in Napoleon's ...
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... matter of fact , or not for many years . Carlos , then , Rooksby's Spanish kinsman , had come and gone , and I envied him his going , with his air of mystery , to some far - off lawless adventures — perhaps over there in Spain , where ...
... matter of fact , or not for many years . Carlos , then , Rooksby's Spanish kinsman , had come and gone , and I envied him his going , with his air of mystery , to some far - off lawless adventures — perhaps over there in Spain , where ...
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... matter of ten yards . " What are you showing that glim for ? Anything wrong below ? " The runners kept silence ; we heard the click of a pistol lock . " In the King's name , " Lillywhite shouted , " get off that nag and lend a hand ! We ...
... matter of ten yards . " What are you showing that glim for ? Anything wrong below ? " The runners kept silence ; we heard the click of a pistol lock . " In the King's name , " Lillywhite shouted , " get off that nag and lend a hand ! We ...
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... matter of fact , that was the smugglers ' ferocious idea of humour . They would hang any un- desirable man , like these runners , whom it would make too great a stir to murder outright , over the edge of a low bank , and swear to him ...
... matter of fact , that was the smugglers ' ferocious idea of humour . They would hang any un- desirable man , like these runners , whom it would make too great a stir to murder outright , over the edge of a low bank , and swear to him ...
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... matter of fact , Ralph , after having egged me on , in the intention of staying at home , had had qualms of conscience , and had come to the quarry . It was he who had cried the watch- word , " Snuff and enough , " and who had held the ...
... matter of fact , Ralph , after having egged me on , in the intention of staying at home , had had qualms of conscience , and had come to the quarry . It was he who had cried the watch- word , " Snuff and enough , " and who had held 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...