Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 42
... asked , ' ef yeh don't get quit of that Carlos of yours ? " I was surprised into muttering that I didn't know . " I can tell yeh , " he continued . " Yeh will get hanged . " By that time I was too amazed to get angry . I simply ...
... asked , ' ef yeh don't get quit of that Carlos of yours ? " I was surprised into muttering that I didn't know . " I can tell yeh , " he continued . " Yeh will get hanged . " By that time I was too amazed to get angry . I simply ...
Page 43
... asking one of our sailors what ship it was . " Don't you know a flagship when you see it ? " a voice grumbled surlily . " Admiral Rowley's , " it con- tinued . Then it rumbled out some remarks about " pirates , vermin , coast of Cuba ...
... asking one of our sailors what ship it was . " Don't you know a flagship when you see it ? " a voice grumbled surlily . " Admiral Rowley's , " it con- tinued . Then it rumbled out some remarks about " pirates , vermin , coast of Cuba ...
Page 44
... asked . Carlos said , " No. I think not , now . " And at that moment the second mate , shouldering his way through a white - clothed crowd of shore people , made up behind Señor Ramon . He held a letter in his hand . " I am going over ...
... asked . Carlos said , " No. I think not , now . " And at that moment the second mate , shouldering his way through a white - clothed crowd of shore people , made up behind Señor Ramon . He held a letter in his hand . " I am going over ...
Page 45
... asking questions . Another answered : " Oh , I lost half a seroon the last voyage - the old thing . " 99 " Haven't they routed out the scoundrels yet ? " the other asked . The first man lowered his voice . I caught only THE QUARRY AND ...
... asking questions . Another answered : " Oh , I lost half a seroon the last voyage - the old thing . " 99 " Haven't they routed out the scoundrels yet ? " the other asked . The first man lowered his voice . I caught only THE QUARRY AND ...
Page 47
... asked . " Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that the suggestiveness of it caused a thrill in me . His uncle could nominate me to posts of honour fit for a caballero . I seemed to wake up . " Your uncle ...
... asked . " Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that the suggestiveness of it caused a thrill in me . His uncle could nominate me to posts of honour fit for a caballero . I seemed to wake up . " Your uncle ...
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