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Page 19
... turned into the big inn at the junction of the London road to write a letter to his agent bidding him house me and employ me as an improver . For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two down the road ...
... turned into the big inn at the junction of the London road to write a letter to his agent bidding him house me and employ me as an improver . For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two down the road ...
Page 24
... 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 remembered 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 remembered them ...
Page 32
... 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 33
... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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