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Page 46
... hand on his arm . " Those others will think he is a spy . I know them , " Castro muttered . " They will hang him , or work some devil's mischief . You do not know that Irish judge— the canaille , the friend of priests . " " He is very ...
... hand on his arm . " Those others will think he is a spy . I know them , " Castro muttered . " They will hang him , or work some devil's mischief . You do not know that Irish judge— the canaille , the friend of priests . " " He is very ...
Page 48
... hand ! " he added with difficulty . He was really very much alarmed . Carlos was gaz- ing up the hatch . I was ready to laugh at the idea of dying by Tomas Castro's hand while , within five feet of me , people were laughing and kissing ...
... hand ! " he added with difficulty . He was really very much alarmed . Carlos was gaz- ing up the hatch . I was ready to laugh at the idea of dying by Tomas Castro's hand while , within five feet of me , people were laughing and kissing ...
Page 49
... hand , and I saw that he was facing me with a long steel blade displayed . Carlos continued to cough . The thing seemed odd , laughable still . Castro began to parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites ...
... hand , and I saw that he was facing me with a long steel blade displayed . Carlos continued to cough . The thing seemed odd , laughable still . Castro began to parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites ...
Page 50
... hands in blood ? Are we not in enough danger ? Up — up ! Go see if the boat is yet there . We must go quickly ; up— He waved his hand towards the scuttle . " But still , " Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon ...
... hands in blood ? Are we not in enough danger ? Up — up ! Go see if the boat is yet there . We must go quickly ; up— He waved his hand towards the scuttle . " But still , " Castro said . He was reluctantly fitting his wooden hand upon ...
Page 52
... hand a great um- brella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it was fringed by a red beard streaked with gray , as brown flood - water is with foam . I noticed at ...
... hand a great um- brella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it was fringed by a red beard streaked with gray , as brown flood - water is with foam . I noticed at ...
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