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Page 104
... means . " His air was so gay , so uncomplaining , that it was hard to believe it came from him . " You could not have acted worse if you had owed me a grudge , Carlos , " I said . " I want an explanation . But I don't want to kill you ...
... means . " His air was so gay , so uncomplaining , that it was hard to believe it came from him . " You could not have acted worse if you had owed me a grudge , Carlos , " I said . " I want an explanation . But I don't want to kill you ...
Page 106
... mean . All I know is , that you have used me ill — outrageously ill . You have saved my life now , you say . That may be true ; but why did you ever make me meet with that man O'Brien ? " 66 And even for that you should not hate me ...
... mean . All I know is , that you have used me ill — outrageously ill . You have saved my life now , you say . That may be true ; but why did you ever make me meet with that man O'Brien ? " 66 And even for that you should not hate me ...
Page 107
... means to go to Cuba . That man , seeing me intimate with two persons going to Rio Medio , had got it into his head that I was going there , too . And , very nat- urally , he did not want an Englishman for a witness of his doings . But ...
... means to go to Cuba . That man , seeing me intimate with two persons going to Rio Medio , had got it into his head that I was going there , too . And , very nat- urally , he did not want an Englishman for a witness of his doings . But ...
Page 113
... know ? What did he think ? What did he mean by that touch of a blessing on my head ? Did he know how I had come to his house ? But every turn of her head troubled my thoughts . The movements of her hands made PART THIRD 113.
... know ? What did he think ? What did he mean by that touch of a blessing on my head ? Did he know how I had come to his house ? But every turn of her head troubled my thoughts . The movements of her hands made PART THIRD 113.
Page 124
... means of kicks , blows , and threats of instant death , after the manner of Bluenose sailors . His long limbs , the cadaverous and menacing aspect , the strange nasal ferocity of tone , something mocking and desperate in his aspect ...
... means of kicks , blows , and threats of instant death , after the manner of Bluenose sailors . His long limbs , the cadaverous and menacing aspect , the strange nasal ferocity of tone , something mocking and desperate in his aspect ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...