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Page 77
... Believe me , your mistake made this necessary . This young gentleman was about to become singularly inconvenient , and he is in no way harmed . " He spoke in a velvety voice , and walked away gently through the darkness . Carlos ...
... Believe me , your mistake made this necessary . This young gentleman was about to become singularly inconvenient , and he is in no way harmed . " He spoke in a velvety voice , and walked away gently through the darkness . Carlos ...
Page 83
... believe a word you say , " he declared absurdly . But he was ready enough to take me to Havana . However , he insisted upon calling down his mate , a gingery fellow , short , too , but wizened , and as stupid as himself . " Here's that ...
... believe a word you say , " he declared absurdly . But he was ready enough to take me to Havana . However , he insisted upon calling down his mate , a gingery fellow , short , too , but wizened , and as stupid as himself . " Here's that ...
Page 93
... believe I saved her life . " He said suddenly , " Tut , tut ! " and shrugged his shoulders . He hung his head for a minute , then he added , " Mind , I don't say— I don't say that it mayn't be as you say . You're a very nice young ...
... believe I saved her life . " He said suddenly , " Tut , tut ! " and shrugged his shoulders . He hung his head for a minute , then he added , " Mind , I don't say— I don't say that it mayn't be as you say . You're a very nice young ...
Page 99
... believe my ears when Don Carlos asked me to fetch you like this . Who would have believed it ? But , as they say , " he added philosophically , The water flows to the sea , and the little stones find their places . ' " He paused to ...
... believe my ears when Don Carlos asked me to fetch you like this . Who would have believed it ? But , as they say , " he added philosophically , The water flows to the sea , and the little stones find their places . ' " He paused to ...
Page 100
... believe that his Excellency Don Balthasar had led a riotous life — to look at him with his silver head . It is said he had three friars killed once in Seville , a very , very long time ago . It was dangerous in those days to come ...
... believe that his Excellency Don Balthasar had led a riotous life — to look at him with his silver head . It is said he had three friars killed once in Seville , a very , very long time ago . It was dangerous in those days to come ...
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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...