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Page 125
... wall , or sat on the floor of the gallery with his short legs stretched out near the big mahogany door of Carlos ' room , with many cigarettes stuck behind his ears and in the band of his hat . When these were gone he grubbed for more ...
... wall , or sat on the floor of the gallery with his short legs stretched out near the big mahogany door of Carlos ' room , with many cigarettes stuck behind his ears and in the band of his hat . When these were gone he grubbed for more ...
Page 129
... wall of a con- vent , O'Brien had contrived to keep Don Vincente in prison ever since not on a charge of murder ( which for a young man of that quality would have been a comparatively venial offense ) , but of sacrilege . The Salazars ...
... wall of a con- vent , O'Brien had contrived to keep Don Vincente in prison ever since not on a charge of murder ( which for a young man of that quality would have been a comparatively venial offense ) , but of sacrilege . The Salazars ...
Page 134
... wall , I heard the discreet scratching of a finger - nail on a door . A streak of light darted and disappeared , like a signal for the murmurs of two voices . I recognized the woman's at once . It belonged to one of Sera- phina's maids ...
... wall , I heard the discreet scratching of a finger - nail on a door . A streak of light darted and disappeared , like a signal for the murmurs of two voices . I recognized the woman's at once . It belonged to one of Sera- phina's maids ...
Page 136
... wall of the Casa Riego . Another , a shorter , thicker shape , appeared , walking with dignity . It was Castro . The other two had a movement of recoil , then took off their hats . I went to the window , and leaned There was no glass ...
... wall of the Casa Riego . Another , a shorter , thicker shape , appeared , walking with dignity . It was Castro . The other two had a movement of recoil , then took off their hats . I went to the window , and leaned There was no glass ...
Page 137
... wall from under the window . The two Lugarenos had stolen in unnoticed by me . stifled metallic ringing , as of a ... walls of the Casa . After all , it mattered little . I did not want to go away unless I could carry off Seraphina with ...
... wall from under the window . The two Lugarenos had stolen in unnoticed by me . stifled metallic ringing , as of a ... walls of the Casa . After all , it mattered little . I did not want to go away unless I could carry off Seraphina with ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...