Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 77
... cried . I felt the point of a knife on my breast . ' Silence , seņor ! " said a gruff voice . " " This fear vanished when we came alongside a ship evidently already under way ; but I was handled so roughly and clumsily that I was ...
... cried . I felt the point of a knife on my breast . ' Silence , seņor ! " said a gruff voice . " " This fear vanished when we came alongside a ship evidently already under way ; but I was handled so roughly and clumsily that I was ...
Page 80
... cried - I could not help thinking - warningly , " Seraphina , Seraphina , " and another voice said with excessive softness , " 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 softness , " Seņorita ! Voyons ! quelle folie . " She sprang at me . Her hand hurt my wrist as she dragged me aft . I ...
Page 81
... cries came to me out of her , and by the alteration of her shape I under- stood 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 under- stood 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 82
... 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 93
... cried , " Come , hombres . This is the caballero ; seize him . " And to me in his broken English he shouted , " You may resist , if you like . " " " This was what I meant to do with all my might . The ragged crowd surrounded me ; they ...
... cried , " Come , hombres . This is the caballero ; seize him . " And to me in his broken English he shouted , " You may resist , if you like . " " " This was what I meant to do with all my might . The ragged crowd surrounded me ; they ...
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