RomanceOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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Page 50
... knew him well , an amusing , queer , warped , Satanic member of society , who was a sort of nephew to the Macdonalds , and hand in glove with all the Scotch Separationists of the island . He had started an extraordinary , scandalous ...
... knew him well , an amusing , queer , warped , Satanic member of society , who was a sort of nephew to the Macdonalds , and hand in glove with all the Scotch Separationists of the island . He had started an extraordinary , scandalous ...
Page 57
... knew , and who had no cause to love the admiral , might help me a good deal . Accordingly , I did go down to Kingston . It happened to be the day when the seven pirates were hanged at Port Royal Point . I had never seen a hanging , and ...
... knew , and who had no cause to love the admiral , might help me a good deal . Accordingly , I did go down to Kingston . It happened to be the day when the seven pirates were hanged at Port Royal Point . I had never seen a hanging , and ...
Page 65
... knew all about me from Carlos . The man of whom I had seen only the top of his head , turned his chair suddenly and glinted at me with little blue eyes . He was rather small and round , with very firm flesh , and very white , plump ...
... knew all about me from Carlos . The man of whom I had seen only the top of his head , turned his chair suddenly and glinted at me with little blue eyes . He was rather small and round , with very firm flesh , and very white , plump ...
Page 66
... knew nothing about the sort of man he was . He was , as a matter of fact , more alien to me than Carlos . And he gave me the impression that , if perhaps he were not absolutely the better man , he could still make a fool of me , or at ...
... knew nothing about the sort of man he was . He was , as a matter of fact , more alien to me than Carlos . And he gave me the impression that , if perhaps he were not absolutely the better man , he could still make a fool of me , or at ...
Page 67
... knew everything . In all this little sardonic Irishman said to me , it seemed the only thing worth attention . It stuck in my mind while , in persuasive tones , and with airy fluency , he discoursed of the profits that could be made ...
... knew everything . In all this little sardonic Irishman said to me , it seemed the only thing worth attention . It stuck in my mind while , in persuasive tones , and with airy fluency , he discoursed of the profits that could be made ...
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