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Page 11
Against the glimmer of dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man ' s hat
down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whispered loudly : “ Carlos !
Carlos ! ” There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A
shaft of ...
Against the glimmer of dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man ' s hat
down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whispered loudly : “ Carlos !
Carlos ! ” There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A
shaft of ...
Page 34
I gave no further thought to the second mate . I looked at the harbor we were
entering , and thought of the home I had left so eagerly . After all , I was no more
than a boy , and even younger in mind than in body . Queer - looking boats
crawled ...
I gave no further thought to the second mate . I looked at the harbor we were
entering , and thought of the home I had left so eagerly . After all , I was no more
than a boy , and even younger in mind than in body . Queer - looking boats
crawled ...
Page 39
... parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites
before attacking . There was the same tenseness of muscle . He stepped with
extraordinary from me . I began to wonder what Rooksby would have thought of
this sort ...
... parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites
before attacking . There was the same tenseness of muscle . He stepped with
extraordinary from me . I began to wonder what Rooksby would have thought of
this sort ...
Page 57
... great many false alarms , sudden outcries , hushing again rather slowly . In
between I could hear someone behind me talk Spanish to the occupants of the
carriage . I thought the voice was Ramon ' s , but I could not turn , PART SECOND
57.
... great many false alarms , sudden outcries , hushing again rather slowly . In
between I could hear someone behind me talk Spanish to the occupants of the
carriage . I thought the voice was Ramon ' s , but I could not turn , PART SECOND
57.
Page 58
Ramon ' s , but I could not turn , and the people in the carriage answered in
French , I thought . A man was shouting “ Cool Drinks ” on the other side of them .
Finally , there was a roar , an irresistible swaying , a rattle of musket ramrods , a ...
Ramon ' s , but I could not turn , and the people in the carriage answered in
French , I thought . A man was shouting “ Cool Drinks ” on the other side of them .
Finally , there was a roar , an irresistible swaying , a rattle of musket ramrods , a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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