Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 31
... seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said very earnestly . Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I caught him muttering savagely : " I could kill that old man ! " He did not want to be drowned ; neither ...
... seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said very earnestly . Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I caught him muttering savagely : " I could kill that old man ! " He did not want to be drowned ; neither ...
Page 33
... seemed to know them no better . I lived with Carlos in the cabin - Castro in the half - deck ; but we were all three pretty constantly together , and they being the only Spaniards on board , we were more or less isolated from the other ...
... seemed to know them no better . I lived with Carlos in the cabin - Castro in the half - deck ; but we were all three pretty constantly together , and they being the only Spaniards on board , we were more or less isolated from the other ...
Page 39
... seemed to drag a little . And it was obvious enough that Carlos was un- willing or unable to tell anything about what pre- occupied him . I had noticed an intimacy spring up between the ship's second mate and Tomas , who was , it seemed ...
... seemed to drag a little . And it was obvious enough that Carlos was un- willing or unable to tell anything about what pre- occupied him . I had noticed an intimacy spring up between the ship's second mate and Tomas , who was , it seemed ...
Page 48
... seemed to see the rags still flutter about him . He had combed out his beard , but I could not forget the knots that had been in it . " I told your worship how foolish and wrong - headed these English are , " he said sardonically to ...
... seemed to see the rags still flutter about him . He had combed out his beard , but I could not forget the knots that had been in it . " I told your worship how foolish and wrong - headed these English are , " he said sardonically to ...
Page 49
... seemed odd , laughable still . Castro began to parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites before attacking . There was the same tenseness of muscle . He stepped with extraordinary care on the points of ...
... seemed odd , laughable still . Castro began to parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites before attacking . There was the same tenseness of muscle . He stepped with extraordinary care on the points of ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareņos Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Seņor Seņorita 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 walked wall whispered Williams woman words