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Page 144
... Seraphina's hand was lying passive in my palm— warm , soft , living ; all the life , all the world , all the happiness , the only desire — and I dared not close my grasp , afraid of the vanity of my hopes , shrinking from the intense ...
... Seraphina's hand was lying passive in my palm— warm , soft , living ; all the life , all the world , all the happiness , the only desire — and I dared not close my grasp , afraid of the vanity of my hopes , shrinking from the intense ...
Page 148
... Seraphina come out presently , but I think he did not count on seeing me as well . When he straightened himself up ... Seraphina's startled immobility , of my firm attitude ; but turning his good - humored face towards the two girls ...
... Seraphina come out presently , but I think he did not count on seeing me as well . When he straightened himself up ... Seraphina's startled immobility , of my firm attitude ; but turning his good - humored face towards the two girls ...
Page 149
... Seraphina to me , in a swift , desolate murmur . " They are all like this — all , all . " Without a change of countenance , without emphasis , he said to her in French : " Votre pere sans doute , senorita . " And she intrepidly , " You ...
... Seraphina to me , in a swift , desolate murmur . " They are all like this — all , all . " Without a change of countenance , without emphasis , he said to her in French : " Votre pere sans doute , senorita . " And she intrepidly , " You ...
Page 150
... Seraphina's shawl had slipped off her head . The Chica sidled towards her , sobbing a deep sob now and then , without any sign of tears ; and with their scattered hair , their bare arms , the disorder of their attire , they looked like ...
... Seraphina's shawl had slipped off her head . The Chica sidled towards her , sobbing a deep sob now and then , without any sign of tears ; and with their scattered hair , their bare arms , the disorder of their attire , they looked like ...
Page 151
... Seraphina , from some little distance , called out hurriedly : Don Juan , your arm . " Her voice , sounding a little unsteady , made me forget O'Brien , and , turning my back on him , I ran up to her . She needed my support ; and before ...
... Seraphina , from some little distance , called out hurriedly : Don Juan , your arm . " Her voice , sounding a little unsteady , made me forget O'Brien , and , turning my back on him , I ran up to her . She needed my support ; and before ...
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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...