Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 112
... father in the big chair by the ingle , powerless and lost in his search for rhymes . He might have understood the romance of my situ- ation . It grew upon me as I thought . Don Balthasar , I understood , was apprised of my arrival . As ...
... father in the big chair by the ingle , powerless and lost in his search for rhymes . He might have understood the romance of my situ- ation . It grew upon me as I thought . Don Balthasar , I understood , was apprised of my arrival . As ...
Page 113
... Father Antonio , in his devotion , dines by the bedside of our beloved Carlos . " He sighed . The heavy carvings of his chair rose upright at his back ; he sat with his head leaning forward over his silver plate . A heavy silence fell ...
... Father Antonio , in his devotion , dines by the bedside of our beloved Carlos . " He sighed . The heavy carvings of his chair rose upright at his back ; he sat with his head leaning forward over his silver plate . A heavy silence fell ...
Page 115
... father needs a son in his great , great age . Poor father ! Poor Don Carlos ! " There was the catch of a sob in the shadow of the end gallery . We turned back , and the undulation of her walk seemed to throw me into a state of ...
... father needs a son in his great , great age . Poor father ! Poor Don Carlos ! " There was the catch of a sob in the shadow of the end gallery . We turned back , and the undulation of her walk seemed to throw me into a state of ...
Page 116
... father's mind . I glanced towards the old Don , who at that moment was brokenly taking a pinch of snuff out of a gold snuff - box , while the duenna , very sallow and upright , waited , frowning loftily at her cards . 99 It seemed as if ...
... father's mind . I glanced towards the old Don , who at that moment was brokenly taking a pinch of snuff out of a gold snuff - box , while the duenna , very sallow and upright , waited , frowning loftily at her cards . 99 It seemed as if ...
Page 117
... father's blessing . The major - domo preceded the cortège . The two women moved away with an ample rustling of silk , and with lights carried on each side of their black , stiff figures . Before they had disappeared up the wide ...
... father's blessing . The major - domo preceded the cortège . The two women moved away with an ample rustling of silk , and with lights carried on each side of their black , stiff figures . Before they had disappeared up the wide ...
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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