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Page 13
... 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 something 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 something cold and knobby into ...
Page 23
... Carlos came through the mist in front of us . " He shall see the world a little . 99 " For God's sake hold your tongue ! " Ralph answered him . " There's mischief enough . He shall go to France . " " Oh , let the young blade rip about ...
... Carlos came through the mist in front of us . " He shall see the world a little . 99 " For God's sake hold your tongue ! " Ralph answered him . " There's mischief enough . He shall go to France . " " Oh , let the young blade rip about ...
Page 27
... Carlos ' eyes upon us , looking out of the thick darkness . A slight rustling came from the corner that hid Castro . " She passes down channel to - night , then ? " Rangsley said . " With this wind you'll want to be well out in the Bay ...
... Carlos ' eyes upon us , looking out of the thick darkness . A slight rustling came from the corner that hid Castro . " She passes down channel to - night , then ? " Rangsley said . " With this wind you'll want to be well out in the Bay ...
Page 28
... Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the towns and ...
... Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the towns and ...
Page 30
... Carlos and Castro talked under their breaths . Along the gunwale there was a constant ripple and gurgle . Suddenly old Rangsley began to sing ; his voice was hoarse and drunken . " When Harol ' wax inva — a — ded , An ' fallin ' , lost ...
... Carlos and Castro talked under their breaths . Along the gunwale there was a constant ripple and gurgle . Suddenly old Rangsley began to sing ; his voice was hoarse and drunken . " When Harol ' wax inva — a — ded , An ' fallin ' , lost ...
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