Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 92
... sailing round our stern , had brought their vessel alongside . Ropes were thrown on board and we lay close together , but the schooner with her dirty decks looked to me , now , very sinister and very sordid . Then I remembered Castro's ...
... sailing round our stern , had brought their vessel alongside . Ropes were thrown on board and we lay close together , but the schooner with her dirty decks looked to me , now , very sinister and very sordid . Then I remembered Castro's ...
Page 97
... sailing captain of this vessel , and him , the fighting captain for a few days . Is it not I that am , as it were , the brains of it , and he only its knife ? I ask the Señor Caballero . " I didn't in the least know what to answer . His ...
... sailing captain of this vessel , and him , the fighting captain for a few days . Is it not I that am , as it were , the brains of it , and he only its knife ? I ask the Señor Caballero . " I didn't in the least know what to answer . His ...
Page 98
... sailing .... Hurry ; it is growing late . ” Manuel blazed silently , and stalked out of the door as if he had an electric cloud round his head . Tomas Castro turned towards me . " " " You are better ? " he asked 98 ROMANCE.
... sailing .... Hurry ; it is growing late . ” Manuel blazed silently , and stalked out of the door as if he had an electric cloud round his head . Tomas Castro turned towards me . " " " You are better ? " he asked 98 ROMANCE.
Page 163
... sail to - night . " He had some of his cut - throats posted under the window . I could not make out the reply he got ; but after a while he said distinctly , so as to be heard below : " I give up that spy to you . " Then he came back ...
... sail to - night . " He had some of his cut - throats posted under the window . I could not make out the reply he got ; but after a while he said distinctly , so as to be heard below : " I give up that spy to you . " Then he came back ...
Page 216
... sails , pearly gray pinnacles of shadow uprising , tall and motionless , towards the moon . A redness wavered over her , as from a blaze on her deck . Could she be on fire ? And she was silent as a tomb . Could she be aban- doned ? I ...
... sails , pearly gray pinnacles of shadow uprising , tall and motionless , towards the moon . A redness wavered over her , as from a blaze on her deck . Could she be on fire ? And she was silent as a tomb . Could she be aban- doned ? I ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words