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... boat , there , was to take them out into the bay , where an outward - bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph's fear for his neck , which had in- creased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have squired his ...
... boat , there , was to take them out into the bay , where an outward - bound West Indiaman would pick them up . But for Ralph's fear for his neck , which had in- creased in value since its devotion to Veronica , he would have squired his ...
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... boat . Carlos was of no use — he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was sur- prised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself ...
... boat . Carlos was of no use — he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was sur- prised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself ...
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... boat went down under us whilst I was tying a rope under Carlos ' arms . He was standing up with the bailer still in his hand . On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately to the rope that was thrown me ...
... boat went down under us whilst I was tying a rope under Carlos ' arms . He was standing up with the bailer still in his hand . On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately to the rope that was thrown me ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...