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Page 65
I could see men coming together in little knots , talking eagerly . I didn ' t like to
listen to Ramon , to a Spaniard talking in that way about the defeat of my
countrymen by his . I walked across the King ' s Square , and the stage driving up
just then ...
I could see men coming together in little knots , talking eagerly . I didn ' t like to
listen to Ramon , to a Spaniard talking in that way about the defeat of my
countrymen by his . I walked across the King ' s Square , and the stage driving up
just then ...
Page 91
I might be sent home under arrest ; and even then , there was my affair with the
runners . " It is coming to pay a visit , ” he was saying persuasively , “ while your
affair here blows over , my Juan - and - and - making my last hours easy ,
perhaps .
I might be sent home under arrest ; and even then , there was my affair with the
runners . " It is coming to pay a visit , ” he was saying persuasively , “ while your
affair here blows over , my Juan - and - and - making my last hours easy ,
perhaps .
Page 100
She might have been coming up with us , or else we had just passed her - I
couldn ' t tell . I had no time to find out , and I didn ' t care . The great thing was to
get hold of the painter . The whispers of the girl urged me , but the thing was not
easy ...
She might have been coming up with us , or else we had just passed her - I
couldn ' t tell . I had no time to find out , and I didn ' t care . The great thing was to
get hold of the painter . The whispers of the girl urged me , but the thing was not
easy ...
Page 101
The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the
boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other vessel was
nearly upon me . I sheered under her starboard bow and yelled , “ Ship ahoy !
The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the
boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other vessel was
nearly upon me . I sheered under her starboard bow and yelled , “ Ship ahoy !
Page 102
I was done up when I got on the poop . A yell came from forward , “ Hard aport . ”
Then the same voice addressed itself to abusing the Spanish ship very close to
us now . “ What do you mean by coming - to right across my bows like this ?
I was done up when I got on the poop . A yell came from forward , “ Hard aport . ”
Then the same voice addressed itself to abusing the Spanish ship very close to
us now . “ What do you mean by coming - to right across my bows like this ?
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance Volume 7 of Complete Works, Ford Madox Ford |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
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