Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 103
... muttered . " For a day -yes - to oblige a Riego , my friend - yes ! Moreover , I hate that familiar of the priests , that soft - spoken Juez , intendente , intriguer -that O'Brien . A sufferer for the faith ! Que Picardia ! Have I , too ...
... muttered . " For a day -yes - to oblige a Riego , my friend - yes ! Moreover , I hate that familiar of the priests , that soft - spoken Juez , intendente , intriguer -that O'Brien . A sufferer for the faith ! Que Picardia ! Have I , too ...
Page 111
... mutter reproachfully to the invalid . " Do not scold a poor sinner , Doña Maria , " he addressed her feebly , with valiant jocularity . " The days are not many now . " The strangeness and tremendousness of what was happening came over ...
... mutter reproachfully to the invalid . " Do not scold a poor sinner , Doña Maria , " he addressed her feebly , with valiant jocularity . " The days are not many now . " The strangeness and tremendousness of what was happening came over ...
Page 114
... muttered . The old Don seemed to wake up ; a little color mounted to his cheeks . " There was a time , young caballero , when the gates of Casa Riego stood open night and day to the griefs and poverty of the people , like the doors of a ...
... muttered . The old Don seemed to wake up ; a little color mounted to his cheeks . " There was a time , young caballero , when the gates of Casa Riego stood open night and day to the griefs and poverty of the people , like the doors of a ...
Page 115
... muttered Seraphina . ' And yet she used to be faithful - almost a mother . Misericordia ! Señor , there is no one in this unhappy place that he has not bought , corrupted , frightened , or bent to his will - to his madness of hate ...
... muttered Seraphina . ' And yet she used to be faithful - almost a mother . Misericordia ! Señor , there is no one in this unhappy place that he has not bought , corrupted , frightened , or bent to his will - to his madness of hate ...
Page 118
... mutter- ing over his breviary , enter the space of the light . He crossed himself , and stopped with a friendly , " You are taking the air , my son . The night is warm . " He was rubicund , and his little eyes looked me over with ...
... mutter- ing over his breviary , enter the space of the light . He crossed himself , and stopped with a friendly , " You are taking the air , my son . The night is warm . " He was rubicund , and his little eyes looked me over with ...
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