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... Lion , now , it was time the whole country should hear of it . His owner , J. Perkins , his wife's uncle , wasn't the man to go to sleep over the job . Parliament should hear of it . Most fortunate I was there to be produced - eye ...
... Lion , now , it was time the whole country should hear of it . His owner , J. Perkins , his wife's uncle , wasn't the man to go to sleep over the job . Parliament should hear of it . Most fortunate I was there to be produced - eye ...
Page 244
... Lion , close - hauled , was heading straight away from the coast , which stood out , not very far yet , outlined heavily and flooded with light . Astern , and to leeward of us , against a headland of black and indigo , a dazzling white ...
... Lion , close - hauled , was heading straight away from the coast , which stood out , not very far yet , outlined heavily and flooded with light . Astern , and to leeward of us , against a headland of black and indigo , a dazzling white ...
Page 247
... Lion is pretty smart . Is it likely they'll attempt the ship again ? I negatived that at once . I explained to Sebright that the store of ammunition in Rio Medio would not run to it ; that the Lugareños were cowardly , divided by ...
... Lion is pretty smart . Is it likely they'll attempt the ship again ? I negatived that at once . I explained to Sebright that the store of ammunition in Rio Medio would not run to it ; that the Lugareños were cowardly , divided by ...
Page 248
... Lion , holding out to him in the doorway a live coal in a pair of tongs , turned his Ethiopian face and white ivories towards a group of sailors lost in the contemplation of the proceedings . And , when Castro had passed them , spurting ...
... Lion , holding out to him in the doorway a live coal in a pair of tongs , turned his Ethiopian face and white ivories towards a group of sailors lost in the contemplation of the proceedings . And , when Castro had passed them , spurting ...
Page 251
... Lion , if they tried ever so . They may manage to keep us in sight perhaps . " He yawned , and left me standing motionless , thinking of Sera- phina . I longed to see her to make sure , as if my belief in the possession of her had been ...
... Lion , if they tried ever so . They may manage to keep us in sight perhaps . " He yawned , and left me standing motionless , thinking of Sera- phina . I longed to see her to make sure , as if my belief in the possession of her had been ...
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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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