RomanceOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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Page 86
... side of the bulk- head , then another woman somewhere else , then the little girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together . I saw Major Cowper on the poop ; he was brandish- ing a little pistol ...
... side of the bulk- head , then another woman somewhere else , then the little girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together . I saw Major Cowper on the poop ; he was brandish- ing a little pistol ...
Page 87
... side and aim his pistol overboard ; there was an ineffectual click ; he made a gesture of disgust , and tossed it on deck . His head hung deject- edly down upon his chest . Lumsden said , " Thank God , oh , thank God ! " and the old man ...
... side and aim his pistol overboard ; there was an ineffectual click ; he made a gesture of disgust , and tossed it on deck . His head hung deject- edly down upon his chest . Lumsden said , " Thank God , oh , thank God ! " and the old man ...
Page 92
... side . He looked at me askance , then shifted his eyes away . Afterwards , he took his coat from my arm . I tried to help him , but he refused my aid , and jerked himself pain- fully into it . It was too tight for him . Suddenly , he ...
... side . He looked at me askance , then shifted his eyes away . Afterwards , he took his coat from my arm . I tried to help him , but he refused my aid , and jerked himself pain- fully into it . It was too tight for him . Suddenly , he ...
Page 93
... side of the ship , within five yards of us . I called out , " Tomas Castro ! Tomas Castro ! I will not go with you . " The man beside me said , " Come , señor ! Vamos ! " Suddenly Castro , stretching his arm out at me , cried , " Come ...
... side of the ship , within five yards of us . I called out , " Tomas Castro ! Tomas Castro ! I will not go with you . " The man beside me said , " Come , señor ! Vamos ! " Suddenly Castro , stretching his arm out at me , cried , " Come ...
Page 95
... side , but at the last moment he had the good impulse to return to me , holding out his hand , and spluttering distractedly , " God bless you , God bless you . " After a time he remembered that I had rescued his wife and child , and he ...
... side , but at the last moment he had the good impulse to return to me , holding out his hand , and spluttering distractedly , " God bless you , God bless you . " After a time he remembered that I had rescued his wife and child , and he ...
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