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Page 78
... ; I seemed to have known her for years . A rush of strange , sweet feeling made me dumb . She was looking at me , her lips set , her eyes wide and still ; and suddenly she said : ... Ask nothing . The land is not far yet 78 ROMANCE.
... ; I seemed to have known her for years . A rush of strange , sweet feeling made me dumb . She was looking at me , her lips set , her eyes wide and still ; and suddenly she said : ... Ask nothing . The land is not far yet 78 ROMANCE.
Page 79
... land is not far yet . You can escape , Carlos thought . But no ! You would only perish for nothing . Go with God . " She pointed imperiously towards the square stern- ports of the cabin . Following the direction of her hand , my eyes ...
... land is not far yet . You can escape , Carlos thought . But no ! You would only perish for nothing . Go with God . " She pointed imperiously towards the square stern- ports of the cabin . Following the direction of her hand , my eyes ...
Page 80
... beamed , squat , and making her way quietly , like a shadow . The land might have been four or five miles away— I had no means of knowing exactly . It looked like a high black cloud , and purply - gray mists here and there 80 ROMANCE.
... beamed , squat , and making her way quietly , like a shadow . The land might have been four or five miles away— I had no means of knowing exactly . It looked like a high black cloud , and purply - gray mists here and there 80 ROMANCE.
Page 81
... land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other vessel was nearly upon me . I sheered under her starboard bow and yelled , " Ship ahoy ! Ship ...
... land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other vessel was nearly upon me . I sheered under her starboard bow and yelled , " Ship ahoy ! Ship ...
Page 82
... land was the most usual occurrence . He was , I found afterwards , an absurd , pompous person , as stiff as a ramrod , and so full of his own importance that he imagined he had almost demeaned himself by his condescension in throwing ...
... land was the most usual occurrence . He was , I found afterwards , an absurd , pompous person , as stiff as a ramrod , and so full of his own importance that he imagined he had almost demeaned himself by his condescension in throwing ...
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