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... Tomas Castro there . " He laughed affectionately . " He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . What do I know ? Over there in my uncle's town , there are some villains you know what I mean ...
... Tomas Castro there . " He laughed affectionately . " He is as faithful as he is ugly , " he said ; " but I fear he has been a villain , too . What do I know ? Over there in my uncle's town , there are some villains you know what I mean ...
Page 30
... Tomas , whose wooden hand in- commoded him , and he tossed a fragment of tobacco to the wind with a laugh . " In Jamaica there is a merchant , a Senor Ramon ; I have letters to him , and he shall find me a conveyance to Rio Medio , my ...
... Tomas , whose wooden hand in- commoded him , and he tossed a fragment of tobacco to the wind with a laugh . " In Jamaica there is a merchant , a Senor Ramon ; I have letters to him , and he shall find me a conveyance to Rio Medio , my ...
Page 31
... Tomas , who was , it seemed to me , forever engaged in long confabulations in the man's cabin , and , as much to make talk as for any other reason , I asked Carlos if he had noticed his depend- ent's familiarity . It was noticeable ...
... Tomas , who was , it seemed to me , forever engaged in long confabulations in the man's cabin , and , as much to make talk as for any other reason , I asked Carlos if he had noticed his depend- ent's familiarity . It was noticeable ...
Page 35
... Tomas Castro . Carlos had preceded them with a certain nonchalance , and the Spaniard — it was the Senor Ramon , the merchant I had heard of — regarded him as if with interested curiosity . With Tomas he seemed already familiar . He ...
... Tomas Castro . Carlos had preceded them with a certain nonchalance , and the Spaniard — it was the Senor Ramon , the merchant I had heard of — regarded him as if with interested curiosity . With Tomas he seemed already familiar . He ...
Page 36
... voice in Spanish . " Senor , it would be a great folly . " Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to fetch his bundle . I went hastily into |he distance of the vast , dim cavern of spare room that 36 ROMANCE.
... voice in Spanish . " Senor , it would be a great folly . " Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to fetch his bundle . I went hastily into |he distance of the vast , dim cavern of spare room that 36 ROMANCE.
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...