RomanceOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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... Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust some- thing cold and knobby into ...
... Carlos ! Carlos ! " There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A shaft of blazing yellow light darted from the level of the ground into my dazed eyes . A man sprang at me and thrust some- thing cold and knobby into ...
Page 18
... Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture . I gathered this long afterwards . At that moment I was conscious only of the motion of the horse beneath me ...
... Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture . I gathered this long afterwards . At that moment I was conscious only of the motion of the horse beneath me ...
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... Carlos - actually across the sea , and to the West Indies . I begged and implored him ; it seemed that now there was a chance for me to find my world of romance . And Ralph , who , though one of the most law - respecting of men , was ...
... Carlos - actually across the sea , and to the West Indies . I begged and implored him ; it seemed that now there was a chance for me to find my world of romance . And Ralph , who , though one of the most law - respecting of men , was ...
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... Carlos said out of the darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Señor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " “ Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that was to be known about ...
... Carlos said out of the darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Señor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " “ Oh , I know , I know , " Rangsley said softly ; and , indeed , he did know all that was to be known about ...
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... Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the towns and ...
... Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The silent flittings of lights that I had just seen , the answering signals from the luggers far out to sea , the enforced sleep of the towns and ...
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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