Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 94
... shoulder , while on his lips the words " You must come , you must come , " trembled , hardly audible . I could only shake my head . At once he stepped back as if resigning . He was giving me up - and it occurred to me that if the danger ...
... shoulder , while on his lips the words " You must come , you must come , " trembled , hardly audible . I could only shake my head . At once he stepped back as if resigning . He was giving me up - and it occurred to me that if the danger ...
Page 116
... 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 was ...
... 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 was ...
Page 117
... 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 120
... shoulders ; it had tarnished gilt buttons ciphered " G. R. , " stolen , I suppose , from some English ship . " I beg the Señor Caballero to listen to what I have to record , " he said , with intense gravity . " I cannot bear this much ...
... shoulders ; it had tarnished gilt buttons ciphered " G. R. , " stolen , I suppose , from some English ship . " I beg the Señor Caballero to listen to what I have to record , " he said , with intense gravity . " I cannot bear this much ...
Page 127
... shoulders gloomily . " If your wor- ship 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 wor- ship 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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