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Page 90
... woman . The black nurse was panting convulsively in a corner - a palpitating bundle of orange and purple and white clothes . The child was rushing round and round , shrieking . The two men did nothing at all . One of them kept saying in ...
... woman . The black nurse was panting convulsively in a corner - a palpitating bundle of orange and purple and white clothes . The child was rushing round and round , shrieking . The two men did nothing at all . One of them kept saying in ...
Page 93
... woman had been egging him on to this through the skylight , instead of saying her prayers . " Your wife ! " I said . " Why , she might have been murdered -if I hadn't made her give them up . I believe I saved her life . " He said ...
... woman had been egging him on to this through the skylight , instead of saying her prayers . " Your wife ! " I said . " Why , she might have been murdered -if I hadn't made her give them up . I believe I saved her life . " He said ...
Page 113
... woman's hair . Each parting of her lips was a distinct anticipation of a great felicity ; when she said a few words to me , I felt an inward trembling . They were indifferent words . Had she forgotten she was the girl with the dagger ...
... woman's hair . Each parting of her lips was a distinct anticipation of a great felicity ; when she said a few words to me , I felt an inward trembling . They were indifferent words . Had she forgotten she was the girl with the dagger ...
Page 115
... woman belongs to that man , too , " muttered Seraphina . " And yet she used to be faithful - almost a mother . Misericordia ! Señor , there is no one in this unhappy place that he has not bought , corrupted , frightened , or bent to his ...
... woman belongs to that man , too , " muttered Seraphina . " And yet she used to be faithful - almost a mother . Misericordia ! Señor , there is no one in this unhappy place that he has not bought , corrupted , frightened , or bent to his ...
Page 116
... woman , " she explained quickly . " I used to love her . " She had no one now about her she could trust or love . It was as if the whole world were blind to the nefarious nature of that man . He had possessed himself of her little ...
... woman , " she explained quickly . " I used to love her . " She had no one now about her she could trust or love . It was as if the whole world were blind to the nefarious nature of that man . He had possessed himself of her little ...
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate