Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 74
... head . At once he stepped back as if resigning . He was giving me up — and it occurred to me that if the danger of his seduction was over , there remained the danger of arrest just outside the door . Someone behind me said peremptorily ...
... head . At once he stepped back as if resigning . He was giving me up — and it occurred to me that if the danger of his seduction was over , there remained the danger of arrest just outside the door . Someone behind me said peremptorily ...
Page 76
... head for my pains , and was put away safely somewhere or other . It seemed to be a cellar . I was in search of romance , and here were all the elements ; Spaniards , a conspirator , and a kidnaping ; but I couldn't feel a fool and ...
... head for my pains , and was put away safely somewhere or other . It seemed to be a cellar . I was in search of romance , and here were all the elements ; Spaniards , a conspirator , and a kidnaping ; but I couldn't feel a fool and ...
Page 77
... head , and something soft and silken began to wipe my eyes with a surprising care , and even tender- ness . This was stupidly done , " came a discontented remark ; ' you do not handle a caballero like this . " " " 66 66 And how else was ...
... head , and something soft and silken began to wipe my eyes with a surprising care , and even tender- ness . This was stupidly done , " came a discontented remark ; ' you do not handle a caballero like this . " " " 66 66 And how else was ...
Page 80
... head out . The night air was very chilly and full of brine ; a little boat towing by a long painter was sheering about in the phos- phorescent wake of the ship . The sea itself was pallid in the light of the moon , invisible to me . A ...
... head out . The night air was very chilly and full of brine ; a little boat towing by a long painter was sheering about in the phos- phorescent wake of the ship . The sea itself was pallid in the light of the moon , invisible to me . A ...
Page 83
... head , full of incredulous perplexity . Old Señor Ramon ! Such a respec- table man . And I had been kidnaped ? From ... heads at me sagaciously . " He's a desperate character , then , " said Mercer at last , cau- tiously . " This morning ...
... head , full of incredulous perplexity . Old Señor Ramon ! Such a respec- table man . And I had been kidnaped ? From ... heads at me sagaciously . " He's a desperate character , then , " said Mercer at last , cau- tiously . " This morning ...
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