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Page 60
... step . As I cannoned off the drums , a hand caught at my arm , and some- one else began to speak to me . It was old Ramon , who was telling me that he had a special kind of Manchester goods at his store . He explained that they had ...
... step . As I cannoned off the drums , a hand caught at my arm , and some- one else began to speak to me . It was old Ramon , who was telling me that he had a special kind of Manchester goods at his store . He explained that they had ...
Page 115
... step , and shut her fan smartly . " " ' Don Carlos himself had given me the dagger , " she said rapidly . The fan flew open ; a touch of the wind fanning her person came faintly upon my cheek with a suggestion of delicate perfume . She ...
... step , and shut her fan smartly . " " ' Don Carlos himself had given me the dagger , " she said rapidly . The fan flew open ; a touch of the wind fanning her person came faintly upon my cheek with a suggestion of delicate perfume . She ...
Page 117
... step . I watched him go ; there was about his progress in state some- thing ghostlike and royal , an old - time , decayed majesty . It was as if he had arisen before me after a hundred years ' sleep in his retreat 1 -that man who , in ...
... step . I watched him go ; there was about his progress in state some- thing ghostlike and royal , an old - time , decayed majesty . It was as if he had arisen before me after a hundred years ' sleep in his retreat 1 -that man who , in ...
Page 149
... step forward ; and , holding the candle well up , as though for the purpose of examining my face carefully , he never looked my way , while he and Seraphina were exchanging a few phrases in French which I did not understand well enough ...
... step forward ; and , holding the candle well up , as though for the purpose of examining my face carefully , he never looked my way , while he and Seraphina were exchanging a few phrases in French which I did not understand well enough ...
Page 160
... step left open to me to thwart his purpose ; the only thing I could do just then for the furtherance of my mission to save Seraphina from his intrigues . I was oppressed by the misery of it all . As to killing him as he stood - if I ...
... step left open to me to thwart his purpose ; the only thing I could do just then for the furtherance of my mission to save Seraphina from his intrigues . I was oppressed by the misery of it all . As to killing him as he stood - if I ...
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