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Page 42
The decks were covered with a jabbering turmoil of negroes with muscular arms
and brawny shoulders . ... Macdonald laid about him with the handle of the
umbrella a few inches from the deck ; but the passage that he made for himself
closed ...
The decks were covered with a jabbering turmoil of negroes with muscular arms
and brawny shoulders . ... Macdonald laid about him with the handle of the
umbrella a few inches from the deck ; but the passage that he made for himself
closed ...
Page 79
She looked at me with a sharp frown puckering her brows a little ; beat a hasty
tattoo with one of her feet , and cast a startled glance towards the forward doors
that led on deck . Then she walked to the other side of the table , and sat looking
at ...
She looked at me with a sharp frown puckering her brows a little ; beat a hasty
tattoo with one of her feet , and cast a startled glance towards the forward doors
that led on deck . Then she walked to the other side of the table , and sat looking
at ...
Page 85
Major Cowper ' s wife lay all day in a deck chair , alternately drawing to her and
repulsing the whining little girl . The major talked to me about the scandals with
which the world was filled , and kept a suspicious eye upon his wife . He spent
the ...
Major Cowper ' s wife lay all day in a deck chair , alternately drawing to her and
repulsing the whining little girl . The major talked to me about the scandals with
which the world was filled , and kept a suspicious eye upon his wife . He spent
the ...
Page 86
... more shouts , and the stamping overhead . A woman began to shriek on the
other side of the bulkhead , then another woman somewhere else , then the little
girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together .
... more shouts , and the stamping overhead . A woman began to shriek on the
other side of the bulkhead , then another woman somewhere else , then the little
girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together .
Page 87
I saw old Cowper run to the side and aim his pistol overboard ; there was an
ineffectual click ; he made a gesture of disgust , and tossed it on deck . His head
hung dejectedly down upon his chest . Lumsden said , “ Thank God , oh , thank
God !
I saw old Cowper run to the side and aim his pistol overboard ; there was an
ineffectual click ; he made a gesture of disgust , and tossed it on deck . His head
hung dejectedly down upon his chest . Lumsden said , “ Thank God , oh , thank
God !
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1916 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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