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Page 37
... Castro - he will ruin us , this white fool- " " Carlos began to cough , shaken speechless as if by an invisible devil . Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an extraordinary swift motion with his ...
... Castro - he will ruin us , this white fool- " " Carlos began to cough , shaken speechless as if by an invisible devil . Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an extraordinary swift motion with his ...
Page 38
... Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon the blue steel . He sent a baleful yellow glare into my eyes , and stooped to pick up his ragged cloak . " Up - mount ! " Carlos commanded . Castro muttered , " Vamos , " and ...
... Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon the blue steel . He sent a baleful yellow glare into my eyes , and stooped to pick up his ragged cloak . " Up - mount ! " Carlos commanded . Castro muttered , " Vamos , " and ...
Page 88
... Castro ! He was a pirate . My surmises were correct . He looked the part to the life , in a plumed hat , cloaked to the chin , and standing apart in a saturnine dignity . " Are you going to have us all murdered , Castro ? " I asked ...
... Castro ! He was a pirate . My surmises were correct . He looked the part to the life , in a plumed hat , cloaked to the chin , and standing apart in a saturnine dignity . " Are you going to have us all murdered , Castro ? " I asked ...
Page 89
... Castro - I know you , Tomas Castro . " Even then he seemed not to hear ; but at last he looked into my face balefully , as if he wished to convey the plague to me . 66 Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This is ...
... Castro - I know you , Tomas Castro . " Even then he seemed not to hear ; but at last he looked into my face balefully , as if he wished to convey the plague to me . 66 Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This is ...
Page 90
... Castro , who was bent and shouting down the hatch . " Try to- the old man gasped . Didn't you hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips ...
... Castro , who was bent and shouting down the hatch . " Try to- the old man gasped . Didn't you hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips ...
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