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Page 38
I cried , and was amazed at my own words . Tomas Castro sprang up , and
placed his rough , hot hand over my lips . " Be quiet , John Kemp , you fool ! ” he
hissed with sudden energy . He had spruced himself , but I seemed to see the
rags still ...
I cried , and was amazed at my own words . Tomas Castro sprang up , and
placed his rough , hot hand over my lips . " Be quiet , John Kemp , you fool ! ” he
hissed with sudden energy . He had spruced himself , but I seemed to see the
rags still ...
Page 40
I did not want to quarrel ; I wanted more to cry . I was very lonely , and he was
going away . Romance was going out of my life . He added musically , “ You even
do not understand . There is someone else who speaks for you to me , always ...
I did not want to quarrel ; I wanted more to cry . I was very lonely , and he was
going away . Romance was going out of my life . He added musically , “ You even
do not understand . There is someone else who speaks for you to me , always ...
Page 57
There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its
thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of “ Here they come , ” for an
hour or so . There was a very limpid sky , a very limpid sea , a scattering of
shipping ...
There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its
thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of “ Here they come , ” for an
hour or so . There was a very limpid sky , a very limpid sea , a scattering of
shipping ...
Page 58
He jerked himself loose , and began to cry out ; he seemed to be lost in
amazement , and shrieked : “ Adonde esta el padre ? . . . Adonde esta el padre ?
” No one answered ; there wasn ' t a priest of any denomination ; I don ' t know
whether ...
He jerked himself loose , and began to cry out ; he seemed to be lost in
amazement , and shrieked : “ Adonde esta el padre ? . . . Adonde esta el padre ?
” No one answered ; there wasn ' t a priest of any denomination ; I don ' t know
whether ...
Page 67
And as you are a Separationist , small blame to you , and I am an Irishman , we
shan ' t cry our eyes out over it . Come , Mr . Kemp , ' tis all for the good of the
Cause . . . And there ' s nothing low . You are a gentleman , and I wouldn ' t
propose ...
And as you are a Separationist , small blame to you , and I am an Irishman , we
shan ' t cry our eyes out over it . Come , Mr . Kemp , ' tis all for the good of the
Cause . . . And there ' s nothing low . You are a gentleman , and I wouldn ' t
propose ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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