Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 54
... sound came from the carriage window . " Sir Charles ! Sir Charles ! Let there be no scene in my presence , I beg . " • I suddenly saw , halfway up , laboriously ascending the steps , a black figure , indistinguishable at first on ...
... sound came from the carriage window . " Sir Charles ! Sir Charles ! Let there be no scene in my presence , I beg . " • I suddenly saw , halfway up , laboriously ascending the steps , a black figure , indistinguishable at first on ...
Page 75
... shavings . My surprise , rage , and horror had been so great that , after the first stifled cry , I had made no sound . I heard the footsteps of several men going away . I CHAPTER IV REMAINED lying there , bound hand and PART SECOND 75.
... shavings . My surprise , rage , and horror had been so great that , after the first stifled cry , I had made no sound . I heard the footsteps of several men going away . I CHAPTER IV REMAINED lying there , bound hand and PART SECOND 75.
Page 78
... sound of shutting in . The light shone redly through protecting fingers , and upwards on to a small face . It came to a halt , and I made out the figure of a girl leaning across a table and looking upwards . There was a click of glass ...
... sound of shutting in . The light shone redly through protecting fingers , and upwards on to a small face . It came to a halt , and I made out the figure of a girl leaning across a table and looking upwards . There was a click of glass ...
Page 80
... sound of another kick at the door made me swing myself out , head first , without reflection . I got soused to the waist before I had reached the bows of the boat . With a frantic effort I clambered up and rolled in . When I got on my ...
... sound of another kick at the door made me swing myself out , head first , without reflection . I got soused to the waist before I had reached the bows of the boat . With a frantic effort I clambered up and rolled in . When I got on my ...
Page 81
... sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional flutter of a sail . The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other vessel was nearly ...
... sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional flutter of a sail . The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other vessel was nearly ...
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