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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... light , bowing a little . With a certain courtesy , touched with indifference , Carlos made him acquainted with me . Ramon turned his searching , quietly analytic gaze upon me . 66 But is the caballero going over , too ? " he asked ...
... light , bowing a little . With a certain courtesy , touched with indifference , Carlos made him acquainted with me . Ramon turned his searching , quietly analytic gaze upon me . 66 But is the caballero going over , too ? " he asked ...
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... light and laughter of meetings above , when Carlos , still shaken , with one white hand pressed very hard upon his chest , started forward and gripped his hand round Castro's steel . He began to whisper in the other's hairy ear . I ...
... light and laughter of meetings above , when Carlos , still shaken , with one white hand pressed very hard upon his chest , started forward and gripped his hand round Castro's steel . He began to whisper in the other's hairy ear . I ...
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... you . I wished you with me , because I go into some danger . I wanted you . Good - by . Hasta mas ver . ' " " He leaned over and kissed me lightly on the cheek , then climbed away . I felt that the light of Romance was 40 ROMANCE.
... you . I wished you with me , because I go into some danger . I wanted you . Good - by . Hasta mas ver . ' " " He leaned over and kissed me lightly on the cheek , then climbed away . I felt that the light of Romance was 40 ROMANCE.
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