Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 75
... shouted : 66 Adiós , viejo , para siempre adi- 99 He I hap- My whole body seemed to go dead all over . pened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if ...
... shouted : 66 Adiós , viejo , para siempre adi- 99 He I hap- My whole body seemed to go dead all over . pened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if ...
Page 102
... shouting abuse at the " lubberly Dago , " and it looked as though I were abandoned to my fate . The ship forged ahead in the light air ; I failed in my grab at her fore chains , and my boat slipped astern , bumping against the side . I ...
... shouting abuse at the " lubberly Dago , " and it looked as though I were abandoned to my fate . The ship forged ahead in the light air ; I failed in my grab at her fore chains , and my boat slipped astern , bumping against the side . I ...
Page 103
... shouted fiercely . In the light wind the ships were separating slowly . " Where are you bound to ? " hailed O'Brien's voice again . The little skipper laughed with exasperation . " Dash your blanked impudence . To Havana , and be hanged ...
... shouted fiercely . In the light wind the ships were separating slowly . " Where are you bound to ? " hailed O'Brien's voice again . The little skipper laughed with exasperation . " Dash your blanked impudence . To Havana , and be hanged ...
Page 108
... 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 ; then a succession of shouts , then another little pop , and ...
... 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 ; then a succession of shouts , then another little pop , and ...
Page 109
... shouted aloft , " Look out ! They are firing again . ' " " Then only I noticed , a quarter of a mile astern and between the land and us , a little schooner , rather low in the water , curtseying under a cloud of white canvas —a ...
... shouted aloft , " Look out ! They are firing again . ' " " Then only I noticed , a quarter of a mile astern and between the land and us , a little schooner , rather low in the water , curtseying under a cloud of white canvas —a ...
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