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Page 74
... shoulders to his ears , and moved his hands from his knees . " Without doubt , he knows best , " he said ; " but he ... shoulder , while on his lips the words " You must come , you must come , " trembled , hardly audible . I could only ...
... shoulders to his ears , and moved his hands from his knees . " Without doubt , he knows best , " he said ; " but he ... shoulder , while on his lips the words " You must come , you must come , " trembled , hardly audible . I could only ...
Page 93
... shoulders . He hung his head for a minute , then he added , " Mind , I don't say— I don't say that it mayn't be as you say . You're a very nice young fellow ... But what I say is — I am a public man — you ought to clear yourself . " He ...
... shoulders . He hung his head for a minute , then he added , " Mind , I don't say— I don't say that it mayn't be as you say . You're a very nice young fellow ... But what I say is — I am a public man — you ought to clear yourself . " He ...
Page 94
... shoulders . One pair of arms was round my neck , another round my waist , and they kept on trying to catch my legs with ropes . We seemed to stagger all over the deck ; I expect they got in each other's way ; they would have made a ...
... shoulders . One pair of arms was round my neck , another round my waist , and they kept on trying to catch my legs with ropes . We seemed to stagger all over the deck ; I expect they got in each other's way ; they would have made a ...
Page 96
... shoulders ; it had t arnished gilt buttons ciphered " G. R. , " stolen , I suppose , from some English ship . " I beg the Senor Caballero to listen to what I have to record , " he said , with intense gravity . " I cannot bear this much ...
... shoulders ; it had t arnished gilt buttons ciphered " G. R. , " stolen , I suppose , from some English ship . " I beg the Senor Caballero to listen to what I have to record , " he said , with intense gravity . " I cannot bear this much ...
Page 102
... shoulders gloomily . " If your worship does not know , who should ? " he said . " It is not for me to say why people should wish to come here . " " Then take me to Carlos , " I said . I must get this settled . " Castro looked at me ...
... shoulders gloomily . " If your worship does not know , who should ? " he said . " It is not for me to say why people should wish to come here . " " Then take me to Carlos , " I said . I must get this settled . " Castro looked at me ...
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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...