Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 14
... Rangsley . Hear to him ! " There was a silence . I saw a hand light a torch at the lanthorn , and the crowd of faces , the muddle of limbs , the horses ' heads , and the quiet trees above , flickered into sight . " Don't let them hang ...
... Rangsley . Hear to him ! " There was a silence . I saw a hand light a torch at the lanthorn , and the crowd of faces , the muddle of limbs , the horses ' heads , and the quiet trees above , flickered into sight . " Don't let them hang ...
Page 15
... Rangsley , " I sobbed . " You know I'm no spy . Don't let ' em hang me , Jack . " He rode his horse up to me , and caught me by the collar . " Hold your tongue , " he said roughly . He began to make a set speech , anathematizing runners ...
... Rangsley , " I sobbed . " You know I'm no spy . Don't let ' em hang me , Jack . " He rode his horse up to me , and caught me by the collar . " Hold your tongue , " he said roughly . He began to make a set speech , anathematizing runners ...
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... Rangsley said , leading me gently enough to the road , which was five steps behind . " It's all a joke , " he snarled . " A pretty bad one for those catchpolls . Hear ' em groan . The drop's not two feet . " We made a few paces down the ...
... Rangsley said , leading me gently enough to the road , which was five steps behind . " It's all a joke , " he snarled . " A pretty bad one for those catchpolls . Hear ' em groan . The drop's not two feet . " We made a few paces down the ...
Page 17
... Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man , with something sinister in the lines of his horseman's cloak , and something reckless in the way he set his spurred heel on the ground . He was the son of an old Marsh squire . Old Rangsley ...
... Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man , with something sinister in the lines of his horseman's cloak , and something reckless in the way he set his spurred heel on the ground . He was the son of an old Marsh squire . Old Rangsley ...
Page 18
... Rangsley said ; " up with you . We'll talk as we go . " Someone helped me into a saddle ; my legs trembled in the stir- rups as if I had ridden a thousand miles on end already . I imagine I must have fallen into a stupor ; for I have ...
... Rangsley said ; " up with you . We'll talk as we go . " Someone helped me into a saddle ; my legs trembled in the stir- rups as if I had ridden a thousand miles on end already . I imagine I must have fallen into a stupor ; for I have ...
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