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... speak , smiling with a contraction of the lips and a trembling of the head . His voice was very low , and quav- ered ... speaking of . Suddenly he said : " But where is O'Brien ? Did he write to the Governor here ? I should like you to ...
... speak , smiling with a contraction of the lips and a trembling of the head . His voice was very low , and quav- ered ... speaking of . Suddenly he said : " But where is O'Brien ? Did he write to the Governor here ? I should like you to ...
Page 77
... speak to him , with my hands and feet tied fast . The door closed , and I remained sitting in the darkness . Long small windows grew into light at one end . of the place , curved into an outline that suggested a deep recess . The figure ...
... speak to him , with my hands and feet tied fast . The door closed , and I remained sitting in the darkness . Long small windows grew into light at one end . of the place , curved into an outline that suggested a deep recess . The figure ...
Page 79
... speak to her . Suddenly she sprang to her feet : That man thinks he can destroy you . I hate him — I detest him ! You have seen how he treats my father . " It struck me , like a blow , that she was merely avenging O'Brien's insolence to ...
... speak to her . Suddenly she sprang to her feet : That man thinks he can destroy you . I hate him — I detest him ! You have seen how he treats my father . " It struck me , like a blow , that she was merely avenging O'Brien's insolence to ...
Page 89
... could be much interested in Mrs. Cowper . He caught hold of my arm , as if he wanted support , and stuttered : " Couldn't you - couldn't you speak to " He nodded in the " " direction of Tomas Castro , who was bent PART SECOND 89.
... could be much interested in Mrs. Cowper . He caught hold of my arm , as if he wanted support , and stuttered : " Couldn't you - couldn't you speak to " He nodded in the " " direction of Tomas Castro , who was bent PART SECOND 89.
Page 96
... speak resonantly as if his chest were a sounding - board . He used immensely long sen- tences , of which I only understood one - half . " What , then , is the difference between me , Manuel - del - Popolo Isturiz , and this Tomas Castro ...
... speak resonantly as if his chest were a sounding - board . He used immensely long sen- tences , of which I only understood one - half . " What , then , is the difference between me , Manuel - del - Popolo Isturiz , and this Tomas Castro ...
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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