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Page 86
I was awakened by the idea that I had heard an extraordinary row — shouting
and stamping . But there was a dead silence , to which I was listening with all my
ears . Suddenly there was a little pop , as if someone had spat rather vigorously ...
I was awakened by the idea that I had heard an extraordinary row — shouting
and stamping . But there was a dead silence , to which I was listening with all my
ears . Suddenly there was a little pop , as if someone had spat rather vigorously ...
Page 87
The schooner came back on her course , heading straight for us ; a shout like
groaned applause went up from on board us . Lumsden hid his face in his hands
. I could hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forward . We were shortening sail .
The schooner came back on her course , heading straight for us ; a shout like
groaned applause went up from on board us . Lumsden hid his face in his hands
. I could hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forward . We were shortening sail .
Page 90
direction of Tomas Castro , who was bent and shouting down the hatch . “ Try to ”
the old man gasped . " Didn ' t you hear the child scream ? ” His face was pallid
and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side
...
direction of Tomas Castro , who was bent and shouting down the hatch . “ Try to ”
the old man gasped . " Didn ' t you hear the child scream ? ” His face was pallid
and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side
...
Page 92
I had just time to shout to him , “ Your wife ' s down there , she ' s all right ! ” when
very suddenly I became aware that Tomas Castro was swearing horribly at these
thieves . He drove them away , and we were left quite alone on the poop , I ...
I had just time to shout to him , “ Your wife ' s down there , she ' s all right ! ” when
very suddenly I became aware that Tomas Castro was swearing horribly at these
thieves . He drove them away , and we were left quite alone on the poop , I ...
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Page 40 - 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...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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