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Page 30
... turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had re- membered them ...
... turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had re- membered them ...
Page 41
... turned and regarded him with a haughty stare . He whistled and walked away . Carlos muttered something that I did not catch about " spies of that pestilent Irishman . " Then : " I will not selfishly take you into any more dangers , " he ...
... turned and regarded him with a haughty stare . He whistled and walked away . Carlos muttered something that I did not catch about " spies of that pestilent Irishman . " Then : " I will not selfishly take you into any more dangers , " he ...
Page 42
... turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking- glass . I had not the slightest inkling of his meaning . I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast into a sunlit ...
... turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking- glass . I had not the slightest inkling of his meaning . I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast into a sunlit ...
Page 43
... turned out , I went home in that very ship , but then it was too late . I was another man by that time , with much queer knowledge and other desires . Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me asking one of our ...
... turned out , I went home in that very ship , but then it was too late . I was another man by that time , with much queer knowledge and other desires . Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me asking one of our ...
Page 44
... turned his searching , quietly analytic gaze upon me . " But is the caballero going over , too ? " he asked . Carlos said , " No. I think not , now . " And at that moment the second mate , shouldering his way through a white - clothed ...
... turned his searching , quietly analytic gaze upon me . " But is the caballero going over , too ? " he asked . Carlos said , " No. I think not , now . " And at that moment the second mate , shouldering his way through a white - clothed ...
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