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... dark , in among the trees . I made the circuit of the copse , whistling softly my three bars of " Lillibullero . " Then I plunged into it . The bracken underfoot rustled and rustled . I came to a halt . A little bar of light lay on the ...
... dark , in among the trees . I made the circuit of the copse , whistling softly my three bars of " Lillibullero . " Then I plunged into it . The bracken underfoot rustled and rustled . I came to a halt . A little bar of light lay on the ...
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... dark lanthorns were passed to Rangsley , who half- uncovered one , and lit the way up steep wooden stairs . We climbed up to a tiny cock - loft , of which the side towards the sea was all glazed . " Now you sit there , on the floor ...
... dark lanthorns were passed to Rangsley , who half- uncovered one , and lit the way up steep wooden stairs . We climbed up to a tiny cock - loft , of which the side towards the sea was all glazed . " Now you sit there , on the floor ...
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... darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know ... dark- ness . A slight rustling came from the corner that hid Castro . " " She passes down channel to - night , then ...
... darkness , " The ship the Thames . My friend Senor Ortiz , of the Minories , said you would know . " " Oh , I know ... dark- ness . A slight rustling came from the corner that hid Castro . " " She passes down channel to - night , then ...
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... darkness , who lived forever as if in the shadow of the gallows— was a thing to be avoided . He was for me nearly as romantic a figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The ...
... darkness , who lived forever as if in the shadow of the gallows— was a thing to be avoided . He was for me nearly as romantic a figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness , and he was a person of immense power . The ...
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... darkness of manner , " That is as God wills . Who knows ? Perhaps life , even in my uncle's palace , will not be so safe . " The second mate was bearing down on us again . I said jocularly , " Why , when I get very tired of life at ...
... darkness of manner , " That is as God wills . Who knows ? Perhaps life , even in my uncle's palace , will not be so safe . " The second mate was bearing down on us again . I said jocularly , " Why , when I get very tired of life at ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareņos Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen seņor seņorita 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 waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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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...