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Page 38
... silent as if in a reverie . At last he said : " But if affairs are like this , it would be well to have one more with us . The caballero , my cousin , is very strong and of great courage . ' " " Castro grunted , " Oh , of a courage ...
... silent as if in a reverie . At last he said : " But if affairs are like this , it would be well to have one more with us . The caballero , my cousin , is very strong and of great courage . ' " " Castro grunted , " Oh , of a courage ...
Page 48
... silent as an apparition at the foot of the lad- der , put a finger to his lips and glanced upwards . Castro writhed his whole body , and I stepped back- wards . " I know what Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . " It is a nest of ...
... silent as an apparition at the foot of the lad- der , put a finger to his lips and glanced upwards . Castro writhed his whole body , and I stepped back- wards . " I know what Rio Medio is , " I said , not very loudly . " It is a nest of ...
Page 52
... silence ; his enormous body was enveloped rather than clothed in a great volume of ill - fitting white stuff ; he held in his hand a great um- brella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency ...
... silence ; his enormous body was enveloped rather than clothed in a great volume of ill - fitting white stuff ; he held in his hand a great um- brella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency ...
Page 73
... silent hills a long way away . There was a large flavour of Spaniards among the crowd . I got into the middle of a knot of them , jammed against the wheels of one of the carriages , standing , hands down , on tiptoe , staring at the ...
... silent hills a long way away . There was a large flavour of Spaniards among the crowd . I got into the middle of a knot of them , jammed against the wheels of one of the carriages , standing , hands down , on tiptoe , staring at the ...
Page 78
... silence me . " I am not ungrateful . " He began again to ask for news from home from my home . I told him that Veronica had a baby , and he sighed . " She married the excellent Rooksby ? " he asked . “ Ah , what a waste . " He relapsed ...
... silence me . " I am not ungrateful . " He began again to ask for news from home from my home . I told him that Veronica had a baby , and he sighed . " She married the excellent Rooksby ? " he asked . “ Ah , what a waste . " He relapsed ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine 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 walked wall whispered Williams woman words