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Page 143
... souls . promise ? " You · He waited . Carlos ' eyes burned darkly on my face . What were they asking of me ? This was nothing . Of course I would respect her scruples - her scruples - if my heart should break . I felt her living ...
... souls . promise ? " You · He waited . Carlos ' eyes burned darkly on my face . What were they asking of me ? This was nothing . Of course I would respect her scruples - her scruples - if my heart should break . I felt her living ...
Page 154
... soul out- side the gates of paradise , with an anticipation of bliss , and the pain of my exclusion . There was only one man in the way . I was certain he had been watching us across the blackness of the patio . He must have seen the ...
... soul out- side the gates of paradise , with an anticipation of bliss , and the pain of my exclusion . There was only one man in the way . I was certain he had been watching us across the blackness of the patio . He must have seen the ...
Page 162
... soul - could have acted like this- with that profound simplicity , with such resignation , with such horrible moderation . But I wanted to find out more . And when would you want me to go ? " I asked , with a dissimulation of which I ...
... soul - could have acted like this- with that profound simplicity , with such resignation , with such horrible moderation . But I wanted to find out more . And when would you want me to go ? " I asked , with a dissimulation of which I ...
Page 166
... soul had passed into his body . ' " He nodded sadly . " Si ! But Don Carlos is a friend to me and you - you . " He shook his head , and drew me away from the door . " Two Lugareños , " he said , “ Manuel and another one , did go last ...
... soul had passed into his body . ' " He nodded sadly . " Si ! But Don Carlos is a friend to me and you - you . " He shook his head , and drew me away from the door . " Two Lugareños , " he said , “ Manuel and another one , did go last ...
Page 167
... soul . No friend will be left . that would risk his very honor of a noble for a man like Tomas Castro . Let me warn you not to leave the Casa , even if a shining angel stood outside the gate and called you by name . The gate is barred ...
... soul . No friend will be left . that would risk his very honor of a noble for a man like Tomas Castro . Let me warn you not to leave the Casa , even if a shining angel stood outside the gate and called you by name . The gate is barred ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail 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 waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate