Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 11
... Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust some- thing cold and knobby into ...
... Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust some- thing cold and knobby into ...
Page 18
... Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture . I gathered this long afterwards . At that moment I was conscious only of the motion of the horse beneath me ...
... Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture . I gathered this long afterwards . At that moment I was conscious only of the motion of the horse beneath me ...
Page 19
... Carlos - actually across the sea , and to the West Indies . I begged and implored him ; it ' seemed that now there was a chance for me to find my world of romance . And Ralph , who , though one of the most law - respecting of men , was ...
... Carlos - actually across the sea , and to the West Indies . I begged and implored him ; it ' seemed that now there was a chance for me to find my world of romance . And Ralph , who , though one of the most law - respecting of men , was ...
Page 20
... Carlos Riego coughed lamentably , but Tomas Castro rode in gloomy silence . There was a light here and there in a window , but not a soul stirring abroad . On the blind of an inn the shadow of a bearded man held the shadow of a rummer ...
... Carlos Riego coughed lamentably , but Tomas Castro rode in gloomy silence . There was a light here and there in a window , but not a soul stirring abroad . On the blind of an inn the shadow of a bearded man held the shadow of a rummer ...
Page 21
... Carlos said out of the darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Seņor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that was to be known about ...
... Carlos said out of the darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Seņor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that was to be known about ...
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