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Page 65
The young girl was sitting with her hands to her temples and her elbows on the
long table , minutely examining the motionlessness of a baby lizard , a tiny thing
with golden eyes , whom fear seemed to have turned into stone . We entered ...
The young girl was sitting with her hands to her temples and her elbows on the
long table , minutely examining the motionlessness of a baby lizard , a tiny thing
with golden eyes , whom fear seemed to have turned into stone . We entered ...
Page 67
The young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to moye . O '
Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . . . . What did I want ? he inquired .
To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me .
The young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to moye . O '
Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . . . . What did I want ? he inquired .
To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me .
Page 68
Suddenly from behind us the voice of the young girl said , “ Of what do you
discourse , my English cousin ? ” O ' Brien interposed deferentially . “ Seņorita , I
ask him to come to Rio , ” he said . She turned her large dark eyes scrutinizingly
upon ...
Suddenly from behind us the voice of the young girl said , “ Of what do you
discourse , my English cousin ? ” O ' Brien interposed deferentially . “ Seņorita , I
ask him to come to Rio , ” he said . She turned her large dark eyes scrutinizingly
upon ...
Page 70
Then he frowned . “ I ' ve been misled , ” he muttered , with a dark glance at
Carlos . And recovering his jocular serenity , “ Ye mean it ? ” he asked ; “ it ' s not
British heroics ? " The old Don stirred again and sighed . The young girl glided
swiftly ...
Then he frowned . “ I ' ve been misled , ” he muttered , with a dark glance at
Carlos . And recovering his jocular serenity , “ Ye mean it ? ” he asked ; “ it ' s not
British heroics ? " The old Don stirred again and sighed . The young girl glided
swiftly ...
Page 71
I apologized to the young girl for having awakened her father . Her color was very
high , and her eyes sparkled . If she had not been so very beautiful I should have
gone away at once . She said angrily : “ He is odious to me , the Seņor Juez .
I apologized to the young girl for having awakened her father . Her color was very
high , and her eyes sparkled . If she had not been so very beautiful I should have
gone away at once . She said angrily : “ He is odious to me , the Seņor Juez .
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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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