Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 22
... Carlos and Castro descended . I caught sight below me of the silver head and the deep red ears of the drunken uncle of Rangsley . He had been one of the most redoubtable of the family , a man of immense strength and cunning , but a ...
... Carlos and Castro descended . I caught sight below me of the silver head and the deep red ears of the drunken uncle of Rangsley . He had been one of the most redoubtable of the family , a man of immense strength and cunning , but a ...
Page 23
... 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 24
... Carlos and Castro talked under their breaths . Along the gunwale there was a constant ripple and gurgle . Sud- denly old Rangsley began to sing ; his voice was hoarse and drunken . " When Harol ' war inva - a — ded , An ' fallin ...
... Carlos and Castro talked under their breaths . Along the gunwale there was a constant ripple and gurgle . Sud- denly old Rangsley began to sing ; his voice was hoarse and drunken . " When Harol ' war inva - a — ded , An ' fallin ...
Page 25
... Carlos said at one point , very quietly . " I am sorry for you , Juan . ” " " And for yourself , too , " I answered , feeling very hopeless , and with a dogged grimness . " Just now , my young cousin , I feel as if I should not mind ...
... Carlos said at one point , very quietly . " I am sorry for you , Juan . ” " " And for yourself , too , " I answered , feeling very hopeless , and with a dogged grimness . " Just now , my young cousin , I feel as if I should not mind ...
Page 26
... Carlos ' arms . He was standing up with the bailer still in his hand . On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately to the rope that was thrown me , it struck me oddly that I had never before heard so many ...
... Carlos ' arms . He was standing up with the bailer still in his hand . On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately to the rope that was thrown me , it struck me oddly that I had never before heard so many ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareņos Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen seņor seņorita 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 waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words