Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 142
... walls that this abode of noble adventurers presented foursquare to the night outside , standing there by the seashore like a tomb of warlike glories . They built their houses thus , centuries ago , when the bands of buccaneers , indomit ...
... walls that this abode of noble adventurers presented foursquare to the night outside , standing there by the seashore like a tomb of warlike glories . They built their houses thus , centuries ago , when the bands of buccaneers , indomit ...
Page 156
... 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 162
... wall of a convent , O'Brien had con- trived 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 of- Vfence ) , but of sacrilege . The ...
... wall of a convent , O'Brien had con- trived 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 of- Vfence ) , but of sacrilege . The ...
Page 169
... 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 Seraphina'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 Seraphina's maids ...
Page 171
... 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 . 66 Buenas noches , caballeros , ” his voice said , with ...
... 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 . 66 Buenas noches , caballeros , ” his voice said , with ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine 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 walked wall whispered Williams woman words