Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 66
... perhaps he were not absolutely the better man , he could still make a fool of me , or at least make me look like a fool . " I'm told you are a Separationist , " he said . " Well , it's like me . I am an Irishman ; there has been a price ...
... perhaps he were not absolutely the better man , he could still make a fool of me , or at least make me look like a fool . " I'm told you are a Separationist , " he said . " Well , it's like me . I am an Irishman ; there has been a price ...
Page 69
... perhaps . You know it as well as I do . You were down here to take a passage to - day , weren't you , now v ? " I remembered that the Island Loyalists said that the pirates and Separationists worked together to bother the admiral and ...
... perhaps . You know it as well as I do . You were down here to take a passage to - day , weren't you , now v ? " I remembered that the Island Loyalists said that the pirates and Separationists worked together to bother the admiral and ...
Page 72
... perhaps . " I looked at him ; he was worn to a shadow- -a shadow with dark , wistful eyes . " I don't understand you , " I faltered . The old man stirred , opened his lids , and put a gold vinaigrette to his nostrils . " Of course I ...
... perhaps . " I looked at him ; he was worn to a shadow- -a shadow with dark , wistful eyes . " I don't understand you , " I faltered . The old man stirred , opened his lids , and put a gold vinaigrette to his nostrils . " Of course I ...
Page 79
... perhaps a third life - size ; with a gilt crown , a pink serious face bent a little forward over a pink naked child that perched on her left arm and raised one hand . It stood on a bracket , against the rudder casing , with fat cherubs ...
... perhaps a third life - size ; with a gilt crown , a pink serious face bent a little forward over a pink naked child that perched on her left arm and raised one hand . It stood on a bracket , against the rudder casing , with fat cherubs ...
Page 85
... perhaps for the reason that his wife ignored my existence . Meantime I let the days slip by idly , only wondering how I could manage to remain in Havana and breathe the air of the same island with the girl who had delivered me . Perhaps ...
... perhaps for the reason that his wife ignored my existence . Meantime I let the days slip by idly , only wondering how I could manage to remain in Havana and breathe the air of the same island with the girl who had delivered me . Perhaps ...
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