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Page 77
... dead , and to me it matters little . " He frowned a little , and then laughed . " But you should have seen the faces of your officers when my uncle refused to go to their governor's palace ; there was to have been a fiesta , a ...
... dead , and to me it matters little . " He frowned a little , and then laughed . " But you should have seen the faces of your officers when my uncle refused to go to their governor's palace ; there was to have been a fiesta , a ...
Page 80
... dead . " " You don't know these fellows , " I said . " Oh , I know them very well , " Carlos smiled , “ there are many of them at Havana . They came there after what they call the '98 , when there was great rebellion in Ireland , and ...
... dead . " " You don't know these fellows , " I said . " Oh , I know them very well , " Carlos smiled , “ there are many of them at Havana . They came there after what they call the '98 , when there was great rebellion in Ireland , and ...
Page 87
... dead . And that's the truth . He pretends his nerve's gone ; he was a devil among tailors for a time , but he's taken to crying now . It was when your blundering old admiral's boats had to be beaten off that his zeal cooled . He thinks ...
... dead . And that's the truth . He pretends his nerve's gone ; he was a devil among tailors for a time , but he's taken to crying now . It was when your blundering old admiral's boats had to be beaten off that his zeal cooled . He thinks ...
Page 95
... together , and seemed to cut into my wrists behind my back . I waited , and my fury grew in a dead silence . How would it end - with what outrage ? I would show my contempt and preserve my dignity by submitting with- out a 95.
... together , and seemed to cut into my wrists behind my back . I waited , and my fury grew in a dead silence . How would it end - with what outrage ? I would show my contempt and preserve my dignity by submitting with- out a 95.
Page 106
... dead as I had thought . The last letter from Veronica informed me that the man had given up thief- catching , and was keeping , now , a little inn in the neigh- bourhood . Ralph , my brother - in - law , had helped him to it , no doubt ...
... dead as I had thought . The last letter from Veronica informed me that the man had given up thief- catching , and was keeping , now , a little inn in the neigh- bourhood . Ralph , my brother - in - law , had helped him to it , no doubt ...
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