Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 26
... sudden conviction of my small importance . I had expected something altogether different an audience sympathetically ... 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 sympathetically ... suddenly enough . The Thames was one of the usual West Indiamen ; but to me even the very ropes and spars , the sea ...
Page 36
... suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald - to see no more of Carlos . From above came suddenly a gruff voice in Spanish . " Seņor , 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 . " Seņor , it would be a great folly . " Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to ...
Page 37
... suddenly forward . " I will not go with you , " I said , before I had reached them even . Castro started back as if he had been stung , and caught at the wooden hand that sheathed his steel blade . " Ah , it is you , seņor , " he said ...
... suddenly forward . " I will not go with you , " I said , before I had reached them even . Castro started back as if he had been stung , and caught at the wooden hand that sheathed his steel blade . " Ah , it is you , seņor , " he said ...
Page 42
... suddenly that Carlos , even if he would consent to swear to me , would prejudice my chances . I cannot help thinking that I came very near to being cast adrift upon the streets of Kingston . To my asseverations Macdonald re- turned ...
... suddenly that Carlos , even if he would consent to swear to me , would prejudice my chances . I cannot help thinking that I came very near to being cast adrift upon the streets of Kingston . To my asseverations Macdonald re- turned ...
Page 52
... suddenly aware that I had become a man , with a man's aims , and a disillusionized view of life . It suddenly ap- peared very wonderful that I could sit calmly there , surveying , for instance , those four sinister fellows with daggers ...
... suddenly aware that I had become a man , with a man's aims , and a disillusionized view of life . It suddenly ap- peared very wonderful that I could sit calmly there , surveying , for instance , those four sinister fellows with daggers ...
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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 Lugareņos 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 seņor seņorita 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