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... remember the rattling of the bolts on that door , and the tall figure that appeared there , snuffbox in hand . In that land of white clothes , that pre- cise , ancient , Castilian in black was something to remember . The black cane that ...
... remember the rattling of the bolts on that door , and the tall figure that appeared there , snuffbox in hand . In that land of white clothes , that pre- cise , ancient , Castilian in black was something to remember . The black cane that ...
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... remember her face of that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then traveled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember ...
... remember her face of that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then traveled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember ...
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... remember that I knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just ...
... remember that I knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just ...
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... remember what Tomas Castro said . • " " Rooksby came to a sudden halt , and began furiously to switch his corded legs . Curse Carlos , and his Castro , too . They'll have me in jail betwixt them . They're both in my red barn , 8 ROMANCE.
... remember what Tomas Castro said . • " " Rooksby came to a sudden halt , and began furiously to switch his corded legs . Curse Carlos , and his Castro , too . They'll have me in jail betwixt them . They're both in my red barn , 8 ROMANCE.
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... remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart - a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The other details I forget . Jack Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man , with ...
... remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart - a thing that bounded and leapt within my chest , a little sickeningly . The other details I forget . Jack Rangsley was a tall , big - boned , thin man , with ...
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