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Page 34
... boats crawled between the shores like tiny water beetles . One headed out towards us , then another . I did not want them to reach us . It was as if I did not wish my solitude to be disturbed , and I was not pleased with the idea of ...
... boats crawled between the shores like tiny water beetles . One headed out towards us , then another . I did not want them to reach us . It was as if I did not wish my solitude to be disturbed , and I was not pleased with the idea of ...
Page 40
... boat is yet there . We must go quickly ; up — up- He waved his hand towards the scuttle . " " " But still , " Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon the blue steel . He sent a baleful yellow glare into my eyes ...
... boat is yet there . We must go quickly ; up — up- He waved his hand towards the scuttle . " " " But still , " Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon the blue steel . He sent a baleful yellow glare into my eyes ...
Page 45
... boats ' crews that the admiral has sent to burn the town . They will be back very soon now . " He looked at me , inscrutably and attentively , through his gold spectacles . It was on the arcade before his store in Spanish Town . Long ...
... boats ' crews that the admiral has sent to burn the town . They will be back very soon now . " He looked at me , inscrutably and attentively , through his gold spectacles . It was on the arcade before his store in Spanish Town . Long ...
Page 51
... boat- attack . All Jamaica had been talking of it , speculating about it , congratulating itself on it . British valor was going to tell ; four boats ' crews would do the trick . And now the boats had been beaten off , the crews ...
... boat- attack . All Jamaica had been talking of it , speculating about it , congratulating itself on it . British valor was going to tell ; four boats ' crews would do the trick . And now the boats had been beaten off , the crews ...
Page 54
... boat - attack , he had been lying hidden some- where . It came upon me in a flash that he was making his way from one hiding place to another . In making his escape from Spanish Town , either to Kingston or the Vale , he had run against ...
... boat - attack , he had been lying hidden some- where . It came upon me in a flash that he was making his way from one hiding place to another . In making his escape from Spanish Town , either to Kingston or the Vale , he had run against ...
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