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Page 79
You can escape , Carlos thought . . . . But no ! You would only perish for nothing .
Go with God . ” She pointed imperiously towards the square sternports of the
cabin . Following the direction of her hand , my eyes fell upon the image of a ...
You can escape , Carlos thought . . . . But no ! You would only perish for nothing .
Go with God . ” She pointed imperiously towards the square sternports of the
cabin . Following the direction of her hand , my eyes fell upon the image of a ...
Page 84
Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my fortunes ; and I was
more adrift in the world than ever before , more in the dark as to what awaited me
than when I was lugged along with my head in a sack . I gave her but little
thought .
Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my fortunes ; and I was
more adrift in the world than ever before , more in the dark as to what awaited me
than when I was lugged along with my head in a sack . I gave her but little
thought .
Page 92
His tone caused me more misgiving than I should have thought possible . He
took a turn on the deserted deck ; went to the skylight ; called down , “ All well ,
still ? ” waited , listening with his head on one side , and then came back to me .
His tone caused me more misgiving than I should have thought possible . He
took a turn on the deserted deck ; went to the skylight ; called down , “ All well ,
still ? ” waited , listening with his head on one side , and then came back to me .
Page 94
Twenty men flung themselves upon my body . I made no movement . The end
had come . I hadn ' t the strength to shake off a fly , my heart was bursting my ribs
. I lay on my back and managed to say , “ Give me air . ” I thought I should die .
Twenty men flung themselves upon my body . I made no movement . The end
had come . I hadn ' t the strength to shake off a fly , my heart was bursting my ribs
. I lay on my back and managed to say , “ Give me air . ” I thought I should die .
Page 95
I did not think of anything at all ; I was too utterly done up with my struggles , and
there was nothing to be thought about . I had grown to accept the meanness of
things as if I had aged a great deal . I had seen men scratch each other ...
I did not think of anything at all ; I was too utterly done up with my struggles , and
there was nothing to be thought about . I had grown to accept the meanness of
things as if I had aged a great deal . I had seen men scratch each other ...
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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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