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Page 69
... O'Brien smiled . " Nichols is alive right enough , but no more good than if he were dead . And that's the truth . He pretends his nerve's gone ; he was a devil among tailors for a time , but he's taken to crying now . It was when your ...
... O'Brien smiled . " Nichols is alive right enough , but no more good than if he were dead . And that's the truth . He pretends his nerve's gone ; he was a devil among tailors for a time , but he's taken to crying now . It was when your ...
Page 70
... O'Brien leaned forward . His voice had a note of disdain , and then took one of deeper earnestness ; it sank into his chest . He extended his hand ; his eyebrows twitched . He looked — he was— a conspirator . " " " " " I tell you I do ...
... O'Brien leaned forward . His voice had a note of disdain , and then took one of deeper earnestness ; it sank into his chest . He extended his hand ; his eyebrows twitched . He looked — he was— a conspirator . " " " " " I tell you I do ...
Page 71
... O'Brien grinned gently . ' Tis ever the way , " he said sardon ically . " The English fools do the harm and the Irish fool gets the kicking . " He rose to his feet , quite collected , a spick - and - span little man . " I suppose I've ...
... O'Brien grinned gently . ' Tis ever the way , " he said sardon ically . " The English fools do the harm and the Irish fool gets the kicking . " He rose to his feet , quite collected , a spick - and - span little man . " I suppose I've ...
Page 72
... O'Brien , " I said . " I , too , respect the honor of your house . " 66 You are even better than I thought you . And if I entreat you , for the love of your mother — of your sister ? Juan , it is not for myself , it is" The young girl ...
... O'Brien , " I said . " I , too , respect the honor of your house . " 66 You are even better than I thought you . And if I entreat you , for the love of your mother — of your sister ? Juan , it is not for myself , it is" The young girl ...
Page 73
... O'Brien ? Did he write to the Governor here ? I should like you to know the Senor O'Brien . He is a spiritual man . " I forbore to say that I had already seen O'Brien , and the old man sank into complete silence . It was beginning to ...
... O'Brien ? Did he write to the Governor here ? I should like you to know the Senor O'Brien . He is a spiritual man . " I forbore to say that I had already seen O'Brien , and the old man sank into complete silence . It was beginning to ...
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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...