Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 100
... cried- I could not help thinking - warningly , " Seraphina , Seraphina , " and another voice said with excessive soft- ness , " Seņorita ! Voyons ! quelle folie . ' She sprang at me . Her hand hurt my wrist as she dragged me aft . I ...
... cried- I could not help thinking - warningly , " Seraphina , Seraphina , " and another voice said with excessive soft- ness , " Seņorita ! Voyons ! quelle folie . ' She sprang at me . Her hand hurt my wrist as she dragged me aft . I ...
Page 101
... cries came to me out of her , and by the alteration of her shape I understood that she was being brought to , preparatory to lowering a boat . She might have been half a mile distant when the gleam of her stern windows swung slowly ...
... cries came to me out of her , and by the alteration of her shape I understood that she was being brought to , preparatory to lowering a boat . She might have been half a mile distant when the gleam of her stern windows swung slowly ...
Page 102
... absurd , pompous person , as stiff as a ramrod , and so full of his own importance that he imagined he had almost demeaned himself by his condescension in throwing down the rope in answer to my despairing cries 102 ROMANCE.
... absurd , pompous person , as stiff as a ramrod , and so full of his own importance that he imagined he had almost demeaned himself by his condescension in throwing down the rope in answer to my despairing cries 102 ROMANCE.
Page 103
... cries . On the other hand , the helmsman , the only other person aft , was so astounded as to become quite speechless . I could see , in the light of the binnacle thrown upon his face , his staring eyes and his open mouth . The voice ...
... cries . On the other hand , the helmsman , the only other person aft , was so astounded as to become quite speechless . I could see , in the light of the binnacle thrown upon his face , his staring eyes and his open mouth . The voice ...
Page 116
... go with you . ' The man beside me said , " Come , seņor ! Vamos ! " 99 Suddenly Castro , stretching his arm out at me , cried , " Come , hombres . This is the caballero ; seize him . " And to me in his broken English 116 ROMANCE.
... go with you . ' The man beside me said , " Come , seņor ! Vamos ! " 99 Suddenly Castro , stretching his arm out at me , cried , " Come , hombres . This is the caballero ; seize him . " And to me in his broken English 116 ROMANCE.
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareņos Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Seņor Seņorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice walked wall whispered Williams woman words