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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 42
... seemed to change his mind . " I am done with yeh , " he said , with a sort of sinister restraint . He rose to his feet , and , turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking- glass . I had not the slightest ...
... seemed to change his mind . " I am done with yeh , " he said , with a sort of sinister restraint . He rose to his feet , and , turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking- glass . I had not the slightest ...
Page 46
... seemed to come to my ears like the blast of a trumpet . I be- came suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald— to see no more of Carlos . From above came suddenly a gruff voice in Spanish . " Señor , it would be a great folly ...
... seemed to come to my ears like the blast of a trumpet . I be- came suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald— to see no more of Carlos . From above came suddenly a gruff voice in Spanish . " Señor , it would be a great folly ...
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 cabin 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 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 Lugareños Macdonald 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 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 walked wall whispered Williams woman words