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Page 46
... Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to fetch his bundle . I went hastily into the distance of the vast , dim cavern of spare room that served for the steerage . “ I want him very much , " Carlos said . " I ...
... Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to fetch his bundle . I went hastily into the distance of the vast , dim cavern of spare room that served for the steerage . “ I want him very much , " Carlos said . " I ...
Page 49
... Tomas Castro - he will ruin us , this white fool- 99 Carlos began to cough , shaken speechless as if by an invisible devil . Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an extraordinary swift motion with ...
... Tomas Castro - he will ruin us , this white fool- 99 Carlos began to cough , shaken speechless as if by an invisible devil . Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an extraordinary swift motion with ...
Page 111
... Tomas Castro ! He was a pirate . My surmises were correct . He looked the part to the life , in a plumed hat , cloaked to the chin , and standing apart in a saturnine dignity . " Are you going to have us all murdered , Castro ? " I ...
... Tomas Castro ! He was a pirate . My surmises were correct . He looked the part to the life , in a plumed hat , cloaked to the chin , and standing apart in a saturnine dignity . " Are you going to have us all murdered , Castro ? " I ...
Page 112
... Tomas Castro - I know you - Tomas Castro . " Even then he seemed not to hear ; but at last he looked into my face balefully , as if he wished to convey the plague to me . " Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This ...
... Tomas Castro - I know you - Tomas Castro . " Even then he seemed not to hear ; but at last he looked into my face balefully , as if he wished to convey the plague to me . " Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This ...
Page 113
... Tomas Castro , who was bent and shouting down the hatch . " Try to the old man gasped . " Didn't you hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crum- pled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and ...
... Tomas Castro , who was bent and shouting down the hatch . " Try to the old man gasped . " Didn't you hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crum- pled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and ...
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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