RomanceImmerse yourself in a world devised by two masters of twentieth century fiction, Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford. Second in a series of three collaborations between the two writers, Romance combines elements of high-seas adventure with a touching love story. |
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Page 100
... thought that there wasn't very much to be exultant over. We had not really captured the pirates; they had been handed over to the admiral by the Havana authorities—as an international courtesy I suppose, or else because they were ...
... thought that there wasn't very much to be exultant over. We had not really captured the pirates; they had been handed over to the admiral by the Havana authorities—as an international courtesy I suppose, or else because they were ...
Page 103
... thought our governor's palace would have been hardly less barbarous. "But I am sorry," he said suddenly, "because I wanted you—you and all your countrymen —to make a good impression on him. You must do it yourself alone. And you will ...
... thought our governor's palace would have been hardly less barbarous. "But I am sorry," he said suddenly, "because I wanted you—you and all your countrymen —to make a good impression on him. You must do it yourself alone. And you will ...
Page 112
... thought there was no sin in doing harm to the English, even under the Mexican flag, whose legal existence they did not recognize. "Mind ye, it's an organized thing, I have something to say in it. It hurts Mr. Canning's Government at ...
... thought there was no sin in doing harm to the English, even under the Mexican flag, whose legal existence they did not recognize. "Mind ye, it's an organized thing, I have something to say in it. It hurts Mr. Canning's Government at ...
Page 121
... thought you. And if I entreat you, for the love of your mother—of your sister? Juan, it is not for myself, it is——" The young girl was pouring some drops from a green phial into a silver goblet; she passed close to us, and handed it to ...
... thought you. And if I entreat you, for the love of your mother—of your sister? Juan, it is not for myself, it is——" The young girl was pouring some drops from a green phial into a silver goblet; she passed close to us, and handed it to ...
Page 128
... thought that, after all, their purpose might be to drop me quickly overboard. "Carlos!" I cried. I felt the point of a knife on my breast. "Silence, Señor!" said a gruff voice. This fear vanished when we came alongside a ship evidently ...
... thought that, after all, their purpose might be to drop me quickly overboard. "Carlos!" I cried. I felt the point of a knife on my breast. "Silence, Señor!" said a gruff voice. This fear vanished when we came alongside a ship evidently ...
Contents
Chapter Six | 295 |
PART FOURTH BLADE AND GUITAR | 319 |
Chapter One | 320 |
Chapter Two | 337 |
Chapter Three | 356 |
Chapter Four | 380 |
Chapter Five | 399 |
Chapter Six | 435 |
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Chapter Six | 153 |
Chapter Seven | 168 |
PART THIRD CASA RIEGO | 181 |
Chapter One | 182 |
Chapter Two | 196 |
Chapter Three | 216 |
Chapter Four | 237 |
Chapter Five | 268 |
Chapter Seven | 455 |
Chapter Eight | 476 |
Chapter Nine | 494 |
Chapter Ten | 514 |
Chapter Eleven | 555 |
PART FIFTH THE LOT OF MAN | 593 |
Chapter One | 594 |
Chapter Two | 612 |
Chapter Three | 640 |
Chapter Four | 662 |
Chapter Five | 693 |
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