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Page 53
... face turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the door- way . He held a full glass very carefully and started to descend . Suddenly he stopped ...
... face turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the door- way . He held a full glass very carefully and started to descend . Suddenly he stopped ...
Page 55
... face , and he began to call out , " I know him . I know him perfectly well . He's John Kemp . I'll commit him at once . The papers are in the barouche . " After that he seemed to take it into his head that I was going to assault him ...
... face , and he began to call out , " I know him . I know him perfectly well . He's John Kemp . I'll commit him at once . The papers are in the barouche . " After that he seemed to take it into his head that I was going to assault him ...
Page 56
... face , and he clawed effusively at my arm . 66 Well done ! " he bubbled over . " You gave it them ; strike me , you did ! It did me good to see and hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a ...
... face , and he clawed effusively at my arm . 66 Well done ! " he bubbled over . " You gave it them ; strike me , you did ! It did me good to see and hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a ...
Page 60
... face had lost its moist bloom , its hardly distinguishable subcuta- neous flush . It had grown very , very pale ... faces of your officers when my uncle refused to go to their governor's palace ; there was to have been a fiesta , ' a ...
... face had lost its moist bloom , its hardly distinguishable subcuta- neous flush . It had grown very , very pale ... faces of your officers when my uncle refused to go to their governor's palace ; there was to have been a fiesta , ' a ...
Page 65
... face towards us , sat the old Don asleep in the high chair . His delicate white hands lay along the arms , one of them holding a gold vinaigrette ; his black , silver- headed cane was between his silk - stockinged legs . The diamond ...
... face towards us , sat the old Don asleep in the high chair . His delicate white hands lay along the arms , one of them holding a gold vinaigrette ; his black , silver- headed cane was between his silk - stockinged legs . The diamond ...
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