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Page 47
... dark eyes concealed . He bowed to me a little . " There will come a very great trouble , " he said . Jamaica was in those days - and remained for many years after- in the throes of a question . The question was , of course , that of the ...
... dark eyes concealed . He bowed to me a little . " There will come a very great trouble , " he said . Jamaica was in those days - and remained for many years after- in the throes of a question . The question was , of course , that of the ...
Page 49
... dark or darkened rooms , and talked querulously of " Your uncle , the earl , " whom I had never seen . I didn't get on with the men any better . They were either very dried up and querulous , too , or else very liquorish or boisterous ...
... dark or darkened rooms , and talked querulously of " Your uncle , the earl , " whom I had never seen . I didn't get on with the men any better . They were either very dried up and querulous , too , or else very liquorish or boisterous ...
Page 51
... dark eyes searched my face , and it came disagreeably into my head that he was playing some part ; that his talk was delusive , his anger feigned ; that , perhaps , he still suspected me of being a Separationist . He went on talking ...
... dark eyes searched my face , and it came disagreeably into my head that he was playing some part ; that his talk was delusive , his anger feigned ; that , perhaps , he still suspected me of being a Separationist . He went on talking ...
Page 53
... dark , solid figure , with the flash of the gold lace on his coat . He stood very high in the leg ; had small white whiskers , and a large nose that threw a vast shadow on to his forehead in the upward light ; his high collar was open ...
... dark , solid figure , with the flash of the gold lace on his coat . He stood very high in the leg ; had small white whiskers , and a large nose that threw a vast shadow on to his forehead in the upward light ; his high collar was open ...
Page 58
... dark- skinned , peak - bearded , and had long hair falling round their necks . A soldier with a hammer and a small anvil climbed into the cart , and bent down out of sight . There was a ring of iron on iron , and the man next the very ...
... dark- skinned , peak - bearded , and had long hair falling round their necks . A soldier with a hammer and a small anvil climbed into the cart , and bent down out of sight . There was a ring of iron on iron , and the man next the very ...
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