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Page 41
... body was enveloped rather than clothed in a great volume of ill - fitting white stuff ; he held in his hand a great umbrella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it ...
... body was enveloped rather than clothed in a great volume of ill - fitting white stuff ; he held in his hand a great umbrella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it ...
Page 48
... body , the most motherly woman I have ever known - I suppose because she was childless . What was anomalous in my position had passed away with the next outward mail . Veronica wrote to me ; Ralph to his attorney and the Macdonalds ...
... body , the most motherly woman I have ever known - I suppose because she was childless . What was anomalous in my position had passed away with the next outward mail . Veronica wrote to me ; Ralph to his attorney and the Macdonalds ...
Page 49
... , or the virtues of Scotch thrift . " Jack , lad , " he used to bellow in his curious squeak of a voice , " a gen- tleman you may be of guid Scots blood . But ye're a puir body's son for a ' that . " He was set on PART SECOND 49.
... , or the virtues of Scotch thrift . " Jack , lad , " he used to bellow in his curious squeak of a voice , " a gen- tleman you may be of guid Scots blood . But ye're a puir body's son for a ' that . " He was set on PART SECOND 49.
Page 59
... body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time ...
... body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time ...
Page 77
... body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the small blue flame of a taper floated into the PART SECOND 77.
... body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the small blue flame of a taper floated into the PART SECOND 77.
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate