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Page 142
... fell in heavy and unstirring folds right down to the polished floor , that reflected the lights like a sheet of water , or rather like ice . I felt it slippery under my feet . I , alone , had to move , in this great chamber , with its ...
... fell in heavy and unstirring folds right down to the polished floor , that reflected the lights like a sheet of water , or rather like ice . I felt it slippery under my feet . I , alone , had to move , in this great chamber , with its ...
Page 143
... fell upon the room , vast as the stillness of a world of unknown faiths , loves , beliefs , of silent illusions , of unexpressed passions and secret motives that live in our unfathomable hearts . Seraphina had given me a quick glance ...
... fell upon the room , vast as the stillness of a world of unknown faiths , loves , beliefs , of silent illusions , of unexpressed passions and secret motives that live in our unfathomable hearts . Seraphina had given me a quick glance ...
Page 144
... in the remoteness of another world : " Like an Englishman , Juan . " " On my honor , Carlos . " His arm , releasing my neck , fell stretched out on the coverlet . Father Antonio had mastered his emotion ; with the trail 144 ROMANCE.
... in the remoteness of another world : " Like an Englishman , Juan . " " On my honor , Carlos . " His arm , releasing my neck , fell stretched out on the coverlet . Father Antonio had mastered his emotion ; with the trail 144 ROMANCE.
Page 145
... . " The arm of the nun touched the cords of the curtains , and the massive folds shook and fell expanded , hiding from us the priest and the penitent . S CHAPTER IV ERAPHINA and I moved towards the door PART THIRD 145.
... . " The arm of the nun touched the cords of the curtains , and the massive folds shook and fell expanded , hiding from us the priest and the penitent . S CHAPTER IV ERAPHINA and I moved towards the door PART THIRD 145.
Page 158
... fell on a cut - glass water - ewer , and , with a convulsive sweep of his arm , he sent it flying far away from the table . It fell heavily , shattering itself with the unringing thud of a piece of ice . " Like this . " He remained for ...
... fell on a cut - glass water - ewer , and , with a convulsive sweep of his arm , he sent it flying far away from the table . It fell heavily , shattering itself with the unringing thud of a piece of ice . " Like this . " He remained for ...
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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 fell felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lillibullero 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 silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice walked wall whispered Williams woman words