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Page 81
... close to us now . " What do you mean by coming - to right across my bows like this ? " it yelled in a fury . I stood still in the shadows on the poop . We were drawing slowly past the stern of the Spaniard , and O'Brien's voice answered ...
... close to us now . " What do you mean by coming - to right across my bows like this ? " it yelled in a fury . I stood still in the shadows on the poop . We were drawing slowly past the stern of the Spaniard , and O'Brien's voice answered ...
Page 82
... close to the rail I said , not very loud - there was no need to shout - but very distinctly : " I am out of your clutches , Mr. O'Brien , after all . I promise you that shall hear of me yet . " you Meanwhile , another man had come up ...
... close to the rail I said , not very loud - there was no need to shout - but very distinctly : " I am out of your clutches , Mr. O'Brien , after all . I promise you that shall hear of me yet . " you Meanwhile , another man had come up ...
Page 84
... close of the next day she was gone out of sight ahead , steering , apparently , the same course with ourselves . Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my for- tunes ; and I was more adrift in the world than ever before ...
... close of the next day she was gone out of sight ahead , steering , apparently , the same course with ourselves . Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my for- tunes ; and I was more adrift in the world than ever before ...
Page 86
... close in with the coast that the surf along the shore gleamed and sparkled in full view . Someone shouted aloft , " Look out ! They are firing again . " Then only I noticed , a quarter of a mile astern and between the land and us , a ...
... close in with the coast that the surf along the shore gleamed and sparkled in full view . Someone shouted aloft , " Look out ! They are firing again . " Then only I noticed , a quarter of a mile astern and between the land and us , a ...
Page 92
... close together , but the schooner with her dirty decks looked to me , now , very sinister and very sordid . Then I remembered Castro's extraordinary words ; they sug- gested infinite possibilities of a disastrous nature , I could not ...
... close together , but the schooner with her dirty decks looked to me , now , very sinister and very sordid . Then I remembered Castro's extraordinary words ; they sug- gested infinite possibilities of a disastrous nature , I could not ...
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