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Page 35
... stood in the doorway , against the strong light , bowing a little . With a certain courtesy , touched with indifference , Carlos made him acquainted with me . Ramon turned his searching , quietly analytic gaze upon me . " " " But is the ...
... stood in the doorway , against the strong light , bowing a little . With a certain courtesy , touched with indifference , Carlos made him acquainted with me . Ramon turned his searching , quietly analytic gaze upon me . " " " But is the ...
Page 40
... stood shaking it very gently . " One day , " he said , " I shall repay what I owe you . I wished you with me , because I go into some danger . I wanted you . Good - by . Hasta mas ver . " He leaned over and kissed me lightly on the ...
... stood shaking it very gently . " One day , " he said , " I shall repay what I owe you . I wished you with me , because I go into some danger . I wanted you . Good - by . Hasta mas ver . " He leaned over and kissed me lightly on the ...
Page 53
... stood open , with heads craning out all along the inn face . I was hurrying off the back of my horse when the admiral came out on to the steps . Someone lit a torch , and the admiral became a dark , solid figure , with the flash of the ...
... stood open , with heads craning out all along the inn face . I was hurrying off the back of my horse when the admiral came out on to the steps . Someone lit a torch , and the admiral became a dark , solid figure , with the flash of the ...
Page 57
... stood high enough to be seen a long very stout beam supported by posts at each end . There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of Here they come , " for an ...
... stood high enough to be seen a long very stout beam supported by posts at each end . There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of Here they come , " for an ...
Page 58
... stood beneath the dangling ropes of the long beam , they had the appearance of a group of statuary to forlorn misery . Festoons of chains completed the " composition . " One was a very old man with long yellow - white hair , one a negro ...
... stood beneath the dangling ropes of the long beam , they had the appearance of a group of statuary to forlorn misery . Festoons of chains completed the " composition . " One was a very old man with long yellow - white hair , one a negro ...
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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...