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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 ...
... 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 ...
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 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 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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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald 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 immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail 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 waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate