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Page 38
... seemed to wake up . " Your uncle the pirate ! " I cried , and was amazed at my own words . Tomas Castro sprang up , and placed his rough , hot hand over my lips . 66 Be quiet , John Kemp , you fool ! " he hissed with sudden energy . He ...
... seemed to wake up . " Your uncle the pirate ! " I cried , and was amazed at my own words . Tomas Castro sprang up , and placed his rough , hot hand over my lips . 66 Be quiet , John Kemp , you fool ! " he hissed with sudden energy . He ...
Page 39
... 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 ...
Page 42
... seemed to be at least half an hour before Macdonald cleared his throat , with a sound resembling the coughing of a defective pump , and a mere trickle of a voice asked : " Hwhat evidence have ye of identitee ? " I hadn't any at all ...
... seemed to be at least half an hour before Macdonald cleared his throat , with a sound resembling the coughing of a defective pump , and a mere trickle of a voice asked : " Hwhat evidence have ye of identitee ? " I hadn't any at all ...
Page 49
... seemed to be a constant succession of shouts of laughter , merging into undignified staggers of white trousers through blue nights - round the corners of ragged huts . I never understood the hidden sources of their humor , and I had not ...
... seemed to be a constant succession of shouts of laughter , merging into undignified staggers of white trousers through blue nights - round the corners of ragged huts . I never understood the hidden sources of their humor , and I had not ...
Page 50
... seemed mysterious when I had seen him in company with Carlos and Castro ; but re - introduced in the homely atmosphere of the Macdonalds , he had become merely a saturnine , tall , dusky- featured , gold - spectacled Spaniard , and very ...
... seemed mysterious when I had seen him in company with Carlos and Castro ; but re - introduced in the homely atmosphere of the Macdonalds , he had become merely a saturnine , tall , dusky- featured , gold - spectacled Spaniard , and very ...
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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
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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...