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Page 100
... speak to me- -his Tomas ; it was pitiful . He could not speak when we got to the Casa . " I could not really understand why I had been a second time kidnaped . Castro said that O'Brien had not been unwilling that I should reach Havana ...
... speak to me- -his Tomas ; it was pitiful . He could not speak when we got to the Casa . " I could not really understand why I had been a second time kidnaped . Castro said that O'Brien had not been unwilling that I should reach Havana ...
Page 104
... speak roughly to him , " he said . beast ! He is dying . " " English " No , I won't speak roughly to him , " I answered . " I see . ' " " I did see . At first I had been suspicious ; it might have been put on to mollify me . But one ...
... speak roughly to him , " he said . beast ! He is dying . " " English " No , I won't speak roughly to him , " I answered . " I see . ' " " I did see . At first I had been suspicious ; it might have been put on to mollify me . But one ...
Page 108
... speaking of my uncle and the man called O'Brien . You have seen him . " Carlos spoke in a voice hardly above a whisper , but he stuck to his task with indomitable courage . " If I die and leave him here , he will have my uncle to ...
... speaking of my uncle and the man called O'Brien . You have seen him . " Carlos spoke in a voice hardly above a whisper , but he stuck to his task with indomitable courage . " If I die and leave him here , he will have my uncle to ...
Page 137
... speaking of it to her . Carlos — Carlos dreamed — a dream of his dying hours . England was so far , the enemy so near ; and— Providence itself seemed to have forgotten me . A sound of panting made me turn my head . Father Antonio was ...
... speaking of it to her . Carlos — Carlos dreamed — a dream of his dying hours . England was so far , the enemy so near ; and— Providence itself seemed to have forgotten me . A sound of panting made me turn my head . Father Antonio was ...
Page 141
... speaking to her . He had done ; and the flush on his cheek , the eager luster of his eyes , gave him an appearance of animation , almost of joy , a sort of consuming , flame- like brilliance . They were waiting for me . With all his ...
... speaking to her . He had done ; and the flush on his cheek , the eager luster of his eyes , gave him an appearance of animation , almost of joy , a sort of consuming , flame- like brilliance . They were waiting for me . With all his ...
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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 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...