RomanceOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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Page 30
... English lord would undertake to join with the picaroons , it is very assuredly not safe . " Carlos made a little exclamation of mild astonishment . 66 Pero ? Is it so bad as that in my uncle's own town ? " Tomas muttered something that ...
... English lord would undertake to join with the picaroons , it is very assuredly not safe . " Carlos made a little exclamation of mild astonishment . 66 Pero ? Is it so bad as that in my uncle's own town ? " Tomas muttered something that ...
Page 38
... English are , " he said sardonically to Carlos . And then to me , " If the señor speaks loudly again , I shall kill him . " He was evidently very frightened of something . Carlos , silent as an apparition at the foot of the ladder , put ...
... English are , " he said sardonically to Carlos . And then to me , " If the señor speaks loudly again , I shall kill him . " He was evidently very frightened of something . Carlos , silent as an apparition at the foot of the ladder , put ...
Page 45
... English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter of marque steals one 45 PART SECOND THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD,
... English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter of marque steals one 45 PART SECOND THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD,
Page 46
... English and Scotch planters . Spain was still in the throes of losing the Mexican colonies when Great Britain had acknowledged the existence of a state of war and a Mexican Government . Mexican letters of marque had imme- diately filled ...
... English and Scotch planters . Spain was still in the throes of losing the Mexican colonies when Great Britain had acknowledged the existence of a state of war and a Mexican Government . Mexican letters of marque had imme- diately filled ...
Page 47
... English . It will never again be Spanish , nor do I wish that it should . But our little , waspish friend there " -he lifted one thin , brown hand to the sign of the Buckatoro Journal— “ his paper is doing much mischief . I think the ...
... English . It will never again be Spanish , nor do I wish that it should . But our little , waspish friend there " -he lifted one thin , brown hand to the sign of the Buckatoro Journal— “ his paper is doing much mischief . I think the ...
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