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Page 116
... Seraphina's voice went on by my side , " neither fear nor gratitude . " seemed to cast a spell upon people . He was the plenipotentiary of a powerful religious order - no matter . Don Carlos knew these things better than she did . He ...
... Seraphina's voice went on by my side , " neither fear nor gratitude . " seemed to cast a spell upon people . He was the plenipotentiary of a powerful religious order - no matter . Don Carlos knew these things better than she did . He ...
Page 118
... Seraphina's mother . What a life ! And what was my arm - my arm on which he had leaned in his decay ? I looked at it with a sort of surprise , dubiously . What was expected of it ? I asked myself . Would it have the strength ? Ah , let ...
... Seraphina's mother . What a life ! And what was my arm - my arm on which he had leaned in his decay ? I looked at it with a sort of surprise , dubiously . What was expected of it ? I asked myself . Would it have the strength ? Ah , let ...
Page 125
... Seraphina . The words of Carlos were like oil upon a flame ; it enveloped me from head to foot with a leap . I had the physical sensation of breathing it , of seeing it , of being at the same time driven on and restrained . One moment I ...
... Seraphina . The words of Carlos were like oil upon a flame ; it enveloped me from head to foot with a leap . I had the physical sensation of breathing it , of seeing it , of being at the same time driven on and restrained . One moment I ...
Page 128
... Seraphina's mother , the young wife of his old days , so saintly , and snatched away from him in punish- ment of his early sinfulness . It was impossible that she should have been deceived in Don Patricio ( O'Brien's Christian name was ...
... Seraphina's mother , the young wife of his old days , so saintly , and snatched away from him in punish- ment of his early sinfulness . It was impossible that she should have been deceived in Don Patricio ( O'Brien's Christian name was ...
Page 130
... Seraphina's hand ? " And perhaps he was appointed one of the guardians him- self . It was impossible to know what were the testamentary dis- positions ; Father Antonio , who had learned many things in the confessional , could tell us ...
... Seraphina's hand ? " And perhaps he was appointed one of the guardians him- self . It was impossible to know what were the testamentary dis- positions ; Father Antonio , who had learned many things in the confessional , could tell us ...
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate