Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 125
... Manuel . He lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire - his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision ...
... Manuel . He lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire - his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision ...
Page 134
... Manuel has made a song already . And do you know its burden , señor ? Killing is its burden . I would the devil had all the Improvisadores . They gape round him while he twangs and screeches , the wind - bag ! And he knows what words to ...
... Manuel has made a song already . And do you know its burden , señor ? Killing is its burden . I would the devil had all the Improvisadores . They gape round him while he twangs and screeches , the wind - bag ! And he knows what words to ...
Page 136
... stopped , astounded at myself . And the moonlight of romance seemed to whisper spitefully from below : " Death to the traitor ! Vengeance for our brothers dead on the English gallows ! " 86 Come away , Manuel . " ( 6 ' 136 ROMANCE.
... stopped , astounded at myself . And the moonlight of romance seemed to whisper spitefully from below : " Death to the traitor ! Vengeance for our brothers dead on the English gallows ! " 86 Come away , Manuel . " ( 6 ' 136 ROMANCE.
Page 137
... Manuel . Come away ! " There were no footsteps , only a noiseless flitting of two shadows , and a distant voice crying : " Woe , woe , woe to the traitor ! " I had not needed Castro's warning to understand the meaning of this . O'Brien ...
... Manuel . Come away ! " There were no footsteps , only a noiseless flitting of two shadows , and a distant voice crying : " Woe , woe , woe to the traitor ! " I had not needed Castro's warning to understand the meaning of this . O'Brien ...
Page 166
... Manuel and another one , did go last night , as directed by the friar " -he supposed- " to meet the Juez in the bush outside Rio Medio . " I had guessed that much , and told him of Manuel's behavior under my window . How did they know ...
... Manuel and another one , did go last night , as directed by the friar " -he supposed- " to meet the Juez in the bush outside Rio Medio . " I had guessed that much , and told him of Manuel's behavior under my window . How did they know ...
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