Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 33
... Carlos , and could pay for my passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle burnt in a thick , blue atmosphere . I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell asleep . Old Rangsley was sent ashore ...
... Carlos , and could pay for my passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle burnt in a thick , blue atmosphere . I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell asleep . Old Rangsley was sent ashore ...
Page 34
... Carlos talked with me , telling me about his former life and his adventures . The other passengers he dis- countenanced by a certain coldness of manner that made me ashamed of talking to them . I respected him so ; he was so wonderful ...
... Carlos talked with me , telling me about his former life and his adventures . The other passengers he dis- countenanced by a certain coldness of manner that made me ashamed of talking to them . I respected him so ; he was so wonderful ...
Page 36
... Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more , as far as I could tell . " What can she be to me since I have seen ? " he said once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He insisted ...
... Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more , as far as I could tell . " What can she be to me since I have seen ? " he said once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He insisted ...
Page 37
... Carlos , however , used to declare with affectionate cynicism that the arm had been broken by the cudgel of a Polish peasant while Castro was trying to filch a pig from a stable . " I cut his throat out , though , Castro would grumble ...
... Carlos , however , used to declare with affectionate cynicism that the arm had been broken by the cudgel of a Polish peasant while Castro was trying to filch a pig from a stable . " I cut his throat out , though , Castro would grumble ...
Page 38
... Carlos made a little exclamation of mild astonish- ment . " Pero ? Is it so bad as that in my uncle's own town ? " Tomas muttered something that I did not catch , and then : " If the English caballero committed indiscretions , or ...
... Carlos made a little exclamation of mild astonish- ment . " Pero ? Is it so bad as that in my uncle's own town ? " Tomas muttered something that I did not catch , and then : " If the English caballero committed indiscretions , or ...
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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 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