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Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me 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 continued . Then it rumbled out
some ...
Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me 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 continued . Then it rumbled out
some ...
Page 35
he 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 Seņor Ramon . He held a letter in his hand . " I am going over , "
he ...
he 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 Seņor Ramon . He held a letter in his hand . " I am going over , "
he ...
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the other asked . The first man lowered his voice . I caught only that " the admiral
was an old fool - no good for this job . He's found out the name of the place the
pirates come from — Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with
his ...
the other asked . The first man lowered his voice . I caught only that " the admiral
was an old fool - no good for this job . He's found out the name of the place the
pirates come from — Rio Medio . That's the place , only he can't get in at it with
his ...
Page 38
I 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 honor fit for a caballero . I seemed to wake up . “ Your uncle the pirate !
I 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 honor fit for a caballero . I seemed to wake up . “ Your uncle the pirate !
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I would have gone with him , then , had he asked me . One day , " he repeated ,
with an extraordinary cadence of tone . His hand was grasping mine ; it thrilled
me like a woman's ; he stood shaking it very gently . One day , ” he said , “ I shall
...
I would have gone with him , then , had he asked me . One day , " he repeated ,
with an extraordinary cadence of tone . His hand was grasping mine ; it thrilled
me like a woman's ; he stood shaking it very gently . One day , ” he said , “ I shall
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1914 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2013 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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