Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - 541 pages |
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Page 13
... moved forward a few paces and whistled . The glow of adventure began to die away . There was nothing at all — a little mystery of light on the tree - trunks . I moved forward again , getting back towards the road . Against the glimmer ...
... moved forward a few paces and whistled . The glow of adventure began to die away . There was nothing at all — a little mystery of light on the tree - trunks . I moved forward again , getting back towards the road . Against the glimmer ...
Page 14
... moved upwards and shone on a red waistcoat dashed with gilt buttons . I was being arrested . " In the King's name . • It was a most sudden catastrophe . A hand was clutch- ing my windpipe . " Don't you so much as squeak , Mr. Castro ...
... moved upwards and shone on a red waistcoat dashed with gilt buttons . I was being arrested . " In the King's name . • It was a most sudden catastrophe . A hand was clutch- ing my windpipe . " Don't you so much as squeak , Mr. Castro ...
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... moved to tie our feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent and dissent went up ; then the crowd became unanimous . Rangsley slipped from his horse . " Blindfold ' em , lads , " he cried , and ...
... moved to tie our feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent and dissent went up ; then the crowd became unanimous . Rangsley slipped from his horse . " Blindfold ' em , lads , " he cried , and ...
Page 39
... " And you , my Juan , what will you do in this Jamaica ? " The sense that we were approaching land was already all over the ship . The second mate leered at me enigmatically , and moved slowly away . I said that THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 39.
... " And you , my Juan , what will you do in this Jamaica ? " The sense that we were approaching land was already all over the ship . The second mate leered at me enigmatically , and moved slowly away . I said that THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 39.
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A Novel Joseph Conrad. enigmatically , and moved slowly away . I said that I was going to the Horton Estates , Rooksby's , to learn planting under a Mr. Macdonald , the agent . Carlos shrugged his shoulders . I suppose I had spoken with ...
A Novel Joseph Conrad. enigmatically , and moved slowly away . I said that I was going to the Horton Estates , Rooksby's , to learn planting under a Mr. Macdonald , the agent . Carlos shrugged his shoulders . I suppose I had spoken with ...
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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...