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Page 111
... stood at the foot with her white hands folded patiently . 66 Senõr ! " I heard her mutter reproachfully to the invalid . Do not scold a poor sinner , Doña Maria , " he addressed her feebly , with valiant jocularity . " The days are not ...
... stood at the foot with her white hands folded patiently . 66 Senõr ! " I heard her mutter reproachfully to the invalid . Do not scold a poor sinner , Doña Maria , " he addressed her feebly , with valiant jocularity . " The days are not ...
Page 112
... stood about a central glitter of crystal and silver . At once the aged , slightly mechanical voice of Don Balthasar rose thinly , putting himself and his house at my disposition . The formality of movement , of voices , governed and ...
... stood about a central glitter of crystal and silver . At once the aged , slightly mechanical voice of Don Balthasar rose thinly , putting himself and his house at my disposition . The formality of movement , of voices , governed and ...
Page 114
... stood open night and day to the griefs and poverty of the people , like the doors of a church — and as respected . But now it seems . . . " He mumbled a little peevishly , but seemed to recollect himself . " The safety of his guest is ...
... stood open night and day to the griefs and poverty of the people , like the doors of a church — and as respected . But now it seems . . . " He mumbled a little peevishly , but seemed to recollect himself . " The safety of his guest is ...
Page 117
... stood perfectly motionless with his old face over his snuff - box , seemed to wake up , and made in the air a hasty sign of the cross after his daughter . They appeared again in the upper gallery between the columns , I saw her head ...
... stood perfectly motionless with his old face over his snuff - box , seemed to wake up , and made in the air a hasty sign of the cross after his daughter . They appeared again in the upper gallery between the columns , I saw her head ...
Page 121
... stood for a refuge of the scum of the An- tilles . It was a shameful sanctuary . Every ruffian , rascal , mur- derer , and thief of the West Indies had come to think of this ancient and honorable town as a safe haven . I myself could ...
... stood for a refuge of the scum of the An- tilles . It was a shameful sanctuary . Every ruffian , rascal , mur- derer , and thief of the West Indies had come to think of this ancient and honorable town as a safe haven . I myself could ...
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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...