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 71
... , it was , after all , neither more nor less than piracy . The idea of my turning a sort of Irish traitor was so extravagantly outrageous that now I could smile at the 1 imbecility of that fellow O'Brien . As to turning into PART SECOND 71.
... , it was , after all , neither more nor less than piracy . The idea of my turning a sort of Irish traitor was so extravagantly outrageous that now I could smile at the 1 imbecility of that fellow O'Brien . As to turning into PART SECOND 71.
Page 73
... sort of uneasiness ; I could by no means understand the connection between the old Don and what had gone before , and I did not , in a purely conventional sense , know how long I ought to stop . The sky through the barred windows had ...
... sort of uneasiness ; I could by no means understand the connection between the old Don and what had gone before , and I did not , in a purely conventional sense , know how long I ought to stop . The sky through the barred windows had ...
Page 84
... sort of captivity , for more than one sort . And my imagi- nation had been captured , enslaved already by the image of that young girl who had called me her English cousin , the girl with the lizard , the girl with the dagger ! And with ...
... sort of captivity , for more than one sort . And my imagi- nation had been captured , enslaved already by the image of that young girl who had called me her English cousin , the girl with the lizard , the girl with the dagger ! And with ...
Page 85
... sort of people that one would have chosen for companions on a pleasure - trip . Major Cowper's wife lay all day in a deck chair , alternately drawing to her and repulsing the whining little girl . The major talked to me about the ...
... sort of people that one would have chosen for companions on a pleasure - trip . Major Cowper's wife lay all day in a deck chair , alternately drawing to her and repulsing the whining little girl . The major talked to me about the ...
Page 86
... above her bulwarks . She swerved a little out of her course , and a sort of mushroom of smoke grew out of her side ; there was a little gleam of smoldering light hidden in its heart . The spitting bang followed 86 ROMANCE.
... above her bulwarks . She swerved a little out of her course , and a sort of mushroom of smoke grew out of her side ; there was a little gleam of smoldering light hidden in its heart . The spitting bang followed 86 ROMANCE.
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