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Page 134
... Seraphina's apartments opened . Why ? What could he want there ? I am not so much ashamed of my sudden suspicion of him — one did not know whom to trust — but I am a little ashamed to con- fess that , kicking off my shoes , I crept out ...
... Seraphina's apartments opened . Why ? What could he want there ? I am not so much ashamed of my sudden suspicion of him — one did not know whom to trust — but I am a little ashamed to con- fess that , kicking off my shoes , I crept out ...
Page 136
... Seraphina ! Seraphina ! Seraphina ! " The repeated beauty of the sound intoxicated me . 66 Seraphina ! " I cried aloud , and stopped , astounded at myself . And the moonlight of romance seemed to whisper spitefully from below : " Death ...
... Seraphina ! Seraphina ! Seraphina ! " The repeated beauty of the sound intoxicated me . 66 Seraphina ! " I cried aloud , and stopped , astounded at myself . And the moonlight of romance seemed to whisper spitefully from below : " Death ...
Page 141
... Seraphina's maids shrank away from the great mahogany panels at my approach . The candlesticks trembled askew in their hands ; the wax guttered down , and the taller of the two girls , with an uncovered long neck , gazed at me out of ...
... Seraphina's maids shrank away from the great mahogany panels at my approach . The candlesticks trembled askew in their hands ; the wax guttered down , and the taller of the two girls , with an uncovered long neck , gazed at me out of ...
Page 142
... Seraphina's unstirring head was lighted strongly by a two - branched sconce on the wall ; and when I stood by her side , not even the shadow of the eyelashes on her cheek trembled . Carlos ' lips moved ; his voice was almost extinct ...
... Seraphina's unstirring head was lighted strongly by a two - branched sconce on the wall ; and when I stood by her side , not even the shadow of the eyelashes on her cheek trembled . Carlos ' lips moved ; his voice was almost extinct ...
Page 143
... Seraphina had given me a quick glance — the first glance — which I had rather felt than seen . Carlos made an effort , and , raising himself , put her hand in mine . Father Antonio , trying to pronounce a short allocution , broke down ...
... Seraphina had given me a quick glance — the first glance — which I had rather felt than seen . Carlos made an effort , and , raising himself , put her hand in mine . Father Antonio , trying to pronounce a short allocution , broke down ...
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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...