RomanceOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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... was going on there , or how could " that Irish devil , " whoever he was , have power to hang Tomas and be revenged on Carlos ? It did not affect my love for Carlos , though , in the weariness of this mystery , the passage seemed 30 ROMANCE.
... was going on there , or how could " that Irish devil , " whoever he was , have power to hang Tomas and be revenged on Carlos ? It did not affect my love for Carlos , though , in the weariness of this mystery , the passage seemed 30 ROMANCE.
Page 31
... seemed to drag a little . And it was obvious enough that Carlos was unwilling or unable to tell anything about what preoccupied him . I had noticed an intimacy spring up between the ship's second mate and Tomas , who was , it seemed to ...
... seemed to drag a little . And it was obvious enough that Carlos was unwilling or unable to tell anything about what preoccupied him . I had noticed an intimacy spring up between the ship's second mate and Tomas , who was , it seemed to ...
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 . " 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 . " 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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