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Page 61
... round him at Ramon's calicos and sugar- tubs in the dim light , as if he accepted almost incredulously the fact that they could be in such a place , and the manner of his voice indicated that he thought our governor's palace would have ...
... round him at Ramon's calicos and sugar- tubs in the dim light , as if he accepted almost incredulously the fact that they could be in such a place , and the manner of his voice indicated that he thought our governor's palace would have ...
Page 65
... round , with very firm flesh , and very white , plump hands . He was dressed in the black clothes of a Spanish judge . On his round face there was always a smile like that which hangs around the jaws 65 VIII.
... round , with very firm flesh , and very white , plump hands . He was dressed in the black clothes of a Spanish judge . On his round face there was always a smile like that which hangs around the jaws 65 VIII.
Page 68
... round the lizard that looked motionlessly at her . " Do not speak very loudly , lest you awaken my father , " she warned us . The old Don's face was still turned to the ceiling . Carlos , standing behind his chair , opened his mouth a ...
... round the lizard that looked motionlessly at her . " Do not speak very loudly , lest you awaken my father , " she warned us . The old Don's face was still turned to the ceiling . Carlos , standing behind his chair , opened his mouth a ...
Page 78
... round my ankles , and motioned me imperiously to turn round . " Your hands — your hands ! " I turned my back awkwardly to her , and felt the grip of small , cool , very firm fingers upon my wrists . My arms fell apart , numb and ...
... round my ankles , and motioned me imperiously to turn round . " Your hands — your hands ! " I turned my back awkwardly to her , and felt the grip of small , cool , very firm fingers upon my wrists . My arms fell apart , numb and ...
Page 81
... round and went out . I had no mind to be recaptured , and began to scull frantically towards the other vessel . By that time she was quite near — near enough for me to hear the lazy sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional ...
... round and went out . I had no mind to be recaptured , and began to scull frantically towards the other vessel . By that time she was quite near — near enough for me to hear the lazy sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional ...
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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...