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Page 117
... appeared again in the upper gallery between the columns . I saw her head , draped in lace , carried proudly , with the white flower in her hair . I raised my eyes . All my being seemed to strive upwards in that glance . Had she turned ...
... appeared again in the upper gallery between the columns . I saw her head , draped in lace , carried proudly , with the white flower in her hair . I raised my eyes . All my being seemed to strive upwards in that glance . Had she turned ...
Page 118
... appeared in the gallery . The door of my room was open . Leaning my back against the balustrade , I saw the black figure of the Father Antonio , mutter- ing over his breviary , enter the space of the light . He crossed himself , and ...
... appeared in the gallery . The door of my room was open . Leaning my back against the balustrade , I saw the black figure of the Father Antonio , mutter- ing over his breviary , enter the space of the light . He crossed himself , and ...
Page 123
... appeared like slender sticks far away up the empty stretch of water ; and that gathering of ruffians , thieves , murderers , and runaway slaves slept in their noisome dens . Their habits were obscene and nocturnal . Cruel without ...
... appeared like slender sticks far away up the empty stretch of water ; and that gathering of ruffians , thieves , murderers , and runaway slaves slept in their noisome dens . Their habits were obscene and nocturnal . Cruel without ...
Page 130
... appeared personally ; his agents di- rected the action - men who came from Havana rather mysteri- ously . They were of all sorts ; some of them were friars . But the rabble , who knew him really only as the intendente of the great man ...
... appeared personally ; his agents di- rected the action - men who came from Havana rather mysteri- ously . They were of all sorts ; some of them were friars . But the rabble , who knew him really only as the intendente of the great man ...
Page 132
... appeared romantic and perfect in these days — all things to all men ! With Seraphina I talked of it and its denizens as of a fabulous country . I wonder what idea she had formed of my father , of my mother , my sister- " Señora Doña ...
... appeared romantic and perfect in these days — all things to all men ! With Seraphina I talked of it and its denizens as of a fabulous country . I wonder what idea she had formed of my father , of my mother , my sister- " Señora Doña ...
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