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Page 21
... Suddenly , from the deep shadow of the cloud above the sea , a yellow light flashed silently out — very small , very distant , very short - lived . Rangsley heaved a deep sigh and slapped me heavily on the shoulder . " All serene , my ...
... Suddenly , from the deep shadow of the cloud above the sea , a yellow light flashed silently out — very small , very distant , very short - lived . Rangsley heaved a deep sigh and slapped me heavily on the shoulder . " All serene , my ...
Page 26
... sudden conviction of my small importance . I had expected something altogether different — an audience ... suddenly enough . The Thames was one of the usual West Indiamen ; but to me even the very ropes and spars , the sea ...
... sudden conviction of my small importance . I had expected something altogether different — an audience ... suddenly enough . The Thames was one of the usual West Indiamen ; but to me even the very ropes and spars , the sea ...
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... suddenly . Carlos , however , used to declare with affectionate cynicism that the arm had been broken by the cudgel of a Polish peasant while Castro was trying to filch a pig from a stable . . . . " I cut his throat out , though ...
... suddenly . Carlos , however , used to declare with affectionate cynicism that the arm had been broken by the cudgel of a Polish peasant while Castro was trying to filch a pig from a stable . . . . " I cut his throat out , though ...
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... suddenly , with a certain darkness of manner , " That is as God wills . Who knows ? Perhaps life , even in my uncle's palace , will not be so safe . " The second mate was bearing down on us again . I said jocularly , " Why , when I get ...
... suddenly , with a certain darkness of manner , " That is as God wills . Who knows ? Perhaps life , even in my uncle's palace , will not be so safe . " The second mate was bearing down on us again . I said jocularly , " Why , when I get ...
Page 36
... suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald — to see no more of Carlos . From above came suddenly a gruff voice in Spanish . " Senor , it would be a great folly . " Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to ...
... suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald — to see no more of Carlos . From above came suddenly a gruff voice in Spanish . " Senor , it would be a great folly . " Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to ...
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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...