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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Page 29
... seen your . ? " he said once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He insisted , though , that his aged uncle was in need of him . As for Castro- he and his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I ...
... seen your . ? " he said once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He insisted , though , that his aged uncle was in need of him . As for Castro- he and his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I ...
Page 31
... to cough violently . I said bitterly enough , " Yes . It will be always the same with me . I shall never see life . You've seen all that there is to see , so I suppose you do not mind settling down with an PART FIRST 31.
... to cough violently . I said bitterly enough , " Yes . It will be always the same with me . I shall never see life . You've seen all that there is to see , so I suppose you do not mind settling down with an PART FIRST 31.
Page 35
... gesture of perfect acquaintance . “ I think I have seen him just now , " he said . " I will make inquiries . " All three of them had followed him , and became lost in the crowd . It was then that , not knowing whether 35.
... gesture of perfect acquaintance . “ I think I have seen him just now , " he said . " I will make inquiries . " All three of them had followed him , and became lost in the crowd . It was then that , not knowing whether 35.
Page 49
... seen . I didn't get on with the men any better . They were either very dried up and querulous , too , or else very liquorish or boisterous in an incompre- hensible way . Their evenings seemed to be a constant succession of shouts of ...
... seen . I didn't get on with the men any better . They were either very dried up and querulous , too , or else very liquorish or boisterous in an incompre- hensible way . Their evenings seemed to be a constant succession of shouts of ...
Page 50
... 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 good company . I learnt ...
... 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 good company . I learnt ...
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