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Page 25
... Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I caught him muttering savagely : " I could kill that old man ! " He did not want to be drowned ; neither assuredly did I. But it was not fear so much as a feeling of ...
... Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I caught him muttering savagely : " I could kill that old man ! " He did not want to be drowned ; neither assuredly did I. But it was not fear so much as a feeling of ...
Page 26
... Castro in the half - deck ; but we were all three pretty con- stantly together , and they being the only Spaniards on board , we were more or less isolated from the other passengers . Looking at my companions at times , I had vague ...
... Castro in the half - deck ; but we were all three pretty con- stantly together , and they being the only Spaniards on board , we were more or less isolated from the other passengers . Looking at my companions at times , I had vague ...
Page 27
... Castro struck me as absolutely ruffianly . His head was knotted in a red , white - spotted handkerchief ; his grizzled beard was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet were often bare ; at his ...
... Castro struck me as absolutely ruffianly . His head was knotted in a red , white - spotted handkerchief ; his grizzled beard was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet were often bare ; at his ...
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... 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 ...
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... Castro— he and his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I hoped he might die by treachery . He had undoubtedly been sent by the uncle across the seas to find Carlos and bring him out of Europe ; there was something romantic ...
... Castro— he and his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I hoped he might die by treachery . He had undoubtedly been sent by the uncle across the seas to find Carlos and bring him out of Europe ; there was something romantic ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...