Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 47
... fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . " What life ? " I asked . " Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that the suggestiveness of it caused a thrill in me . His uncle ...
... fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . " What life ? " I asked . " Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that the suggestiveness of it caused a thrill in me . His uncle ...
Page 48
... , within five feet of me , people were laughing and kissing . I should have laughed had I not suddenly felt his hand on my throat . I kicked his shins hard , and fell backwards over a chest . He went back a step or 48 ROMANCE.
... , within five feet of me , people were laughing and kissing . I should have laughed had I not suddenly felt his hand on my throat . I kicked his shins hard , and fell backwards over a chest . He went back a step or 48 ROMANCE.
Page 72
... fell . there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . ” “ But They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would cer- tainly do his best to ...
... fell . there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . ” “ But They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would cer- tainly do his best to ...
Page 98
... fell apart , numb and perfectly useless ; I was half aware of pain in them , but it passed unnoticed among a cloud of other emotions . I didn't feel my finger - tips because I had the agitation , the flutter , the tantalization of ...
... fell apart , numb and perfectly useless ; I was half aware of pain in them , but it passed unnoticed among a cloud of other emotions . I didn't feel my finger - tips because I had the agitation , the flutter , the tantalization of ...
Page 102
... fell upon my head , nearly knocking me over . Half stunned as I was , desperation lent me strength to scramble up her side hand over hand , while the boat floated away from under my feet . I was done up when I got on the poop . A yell ...
... fell upon my head , nearly knocking me over . Half stunned as I was , desperation lent me strength to scramble up her side hand over hand , while the boat floated away from under my feet . I was done up when I got on the poop . A yell ...
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