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Page 103
... hear of me yet . " Meanwhile , another man had come up from forward on the poop , growling like a bear , a short , rotund little man , the captain of the ship . The Spanish vessel was dropping astern , silent , with her sails all black ...
... hear of me yet . " Meanwhile , another man had come up from forward on the poop , growling like a bear , a short , rotund little man , the captain of the ship . The Spanish vessel was dropping astern , silent , with her sails all black ...
Page 104
... morning in Kingston . But here he is , anyhow . And he says that at home he had throttled a Bow Street runner before he went off with the smugglers . Did you ever hear the 1 likes of it , Mercer ? I shouldn't think 194 ROMANCE.
... morning in Kingston . But here he is , anyhow . And he says that at home he had throttled a Bow Street runner before he went off with the smugglers . Did you ever hear the 1 likes of it , Mercer ? I shouldn't think 194 ROMANCE.
Page 109
... hear little Mercer shrieking out orders for- wards . We were shortening sail . The schooner , luffing a little , ranged abreast . A hail like a metal blare came out of her . " If you donn'd heef - to we seenk you ! We seenk you ! By God ...
... hear little Mercer shrieking out orders for- wards . We were shortening sail . The schooner , luffing a little , ranged abreast . A hail like a metal blare came out of her . " If you donn'd heef - to we seenk you ! We seenk you ! By God ...
Page 112
... hear ; but at last he looked into my face balefully , as if he wished to convey the plague to me . " Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This is folly ! " His little hawk's beak of a nose nestled in his moustache ...
... hear ; but at last he looked into my face balefully , as if he wished to convey the plague to me . " Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This is folly ! " His little hawk's beak of a nose nestled in his moustache ...
Page 113
... hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crum- pled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips quivered one against the other . I went to Castro and caught him by the arm . He spun round ...
... hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crum- pled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips quivered one against the other . I went to Castro and caught him by the arm . He spun round ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Señor Señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice walked wall whispered Williams woman words