Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 11
... dark , in among the trees . I made the circuit of the copse , whistling softly my three bars of " Lillibullero . " Then I plunged into it . The bracken underfoot rustled and rustled . I came to a halt . A little bar of light lay on the ...
... dark , in among the trees . I made the circuit of the copse , whistling softly my three bars of " Lillibullero . " Then I plunged into it . The bracken underfoot rustled and rustled . I came to a halt . A little bar of light lay on the ...
Page 20
... dark lanthorns were passed to Rangsley , who half- uncovered one , and lit the way up steep wooden stairs . We climbed up to a tiny cock - loft , of which the side towards the sea was all glazed . " 6 Now you sit there , on the floor ...
... dark lanthorns were passed to Rangsley , who half- uncovered one , and lit the way up steep wooden stairs . We climbed up to a tiny cock - loft , of which the side towards the sea was all glazed . " 6 Now you sit there , on the floor ...
Page 21
... darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Señor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I ... dark- ness . A slight rustling came from the corner that hid Castro . " She passes down channel to - night , then ...
... darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Señor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know , I ... dark- ness . A slight rustling came from the corner that hid Castro . " She passes down channel to - night , then ...
Page 23
... darkness , who lived forever as if in the shadow of the gallows- was a thing to be avoided . He was for me nearly as romantic a figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The ...
... darkness , who lived forever as if in the shadow of the gallows- was a thing to be avoided . He was for me nearly as romantic a figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The ...
Page 33
... was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast into a sunlit world . There is no denying that his words , and still more his manner , had awakened in me a sense of insecurity L that had no precise object , for it was PART FIRST 33.
... was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast into a sunlit world . There is no denying that his words , and still more his manner , had awakened in me a sense of insecurity L that had no precise object , for it was PART FIRST 33.
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita 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 waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words