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Page 65
... lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English cousin , " and then dropped her eyes again to the lizard . She knew all about me from Carlos . The man ...
... lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English cousin , " and then dropped her eyes again to the lizard . She knew all about me from Carlos . The man ...
Page 73
... lips and a trembling of the head . His voice was very low , and quav- ered slightly , but every syllable was enunciated with the same beauty of clearness that there was in his features , in his hands , in his ancient gestures . 66 The ...
... lips and a trembling of the head . His voice was very low , and quav- ered slightly , but every syllable was enunciated with the same beauty of clearness that there was in his features , in his hands , in his ancient gestures . 66 The ...
Page 74
... lips the words " You must come , you must come , " trembled , hardly audible . I could only shake my 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 ...
... lips the words " You must come , you must come , " trembled , hardly audible . I could only shake my 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 ...
Page 78
... lips ; her dark hair , her lithe ges- tures ; the carriage of her head ; her throat , her hands . I knew her ; 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 ...
... lips ; her dark hair , her lithe ges- tures ; the carriage of her head ; her throat , her hands . I knew her ; 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 ...
Page 84
... lips . That night the Spanish ship had the advantage of us in a fresh- ening wind , and overtook the Breeze . Before morning dawned she passed us , and before the close of the next day she was gone out of sight ahead , steering ...
... lips . That night the Spanish ship had the advantage of us in a fresh- ening wind , and overtook the Breeze . Before morning dawned she passed us , and before the close of the next day she was gone out of sight ahead , steering ...
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