Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 33
... Castro , looking up , uttered vague ejaculations . Carlos pushed his hat back and sighed . They had preoccupations , cares , interests in which they let me have no part . Castro struck me as absolutely ruffianly . His head was knotted ...
... Castro , looking up , uttered vague ejaculations . Carlos pushed his hat back and sighed . They had preoccupations , cares , interests in which they let me have no part . Castro struck me as absolutely ruffianly . His head was knotted ...
Page 34
... Castro I detested ; but I accepted their relationship without in the least understanding how Carlos , with his fine grain , his high soul - I gave him credit for a high soul - could put up with the squalid ferocity with which I credited ...
... Castro I detested ; but I accepted their relationship without in the least understanding how Carlos , with his fine grain , his high soul - I gave him credit for a high soul - could put up with the squalid ferocity with which I credited ...
Page 35
... Castro there . " He laughed affectionately . " He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . What do I know ? Over there in my uncle's town , there are some villains— you know what I mean , one ...
... Castro there . " He laughed affectionately . " He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . What do I know ? Over there in my uncle's town , there are some villains— you know what I mean , one ...
Page 37
... Castro had been dodging the gallows in the Antilles or in Mexico . In his heroic moods he would swear that his arm ... Castro was trying to filch a pig from a stable . " I cut his throat out , though , Castro would grumble darkly ; " so ...
... Castro had been dodging the gallows in the Antilles or in Mexico . In his heroic moods he would swear that his arm ... Castro was trying to filch a pig from a stable . " I cut his throat out , though , Castro would grumble darkly ; " so ...
Page 38
... Castro : " Tell me , O my Tomas , would it be safe to take this caballero , my cousin , to Rio Medio ? " Castro paused , and then murmured gruffly : " Señor , unless that Irishman is consulted beforehand , or the English lord would ...
... Castro : " Tell me , O my Tomas , would it be safe to take this caballero , my cousin , to Rio Medio ? " Castro paused , and then murmured gruffly : " Señor , unless that Irishman is consulted beforehand , or the English lord would ...
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