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Page 82
... face , his staring eyes and his open mouth . The voice forward had subsided by then , and as the stern of the Spanish ship came abreast of the poop , I stepped out of the shadow of the sails , and going close to the rail I said , not ...
... face , his staring eyes and his open mouth . The voice forward had subsided by then , and as the stern of the Spanish ship came abreast of the poop , I stepped out of the shadow of the sails , and going close to the rail I said , not ...
Page 86
... face . She was sleeping there within this dim vision of land . Perhaps this was as near as I should ever be able to ... faces looking our way became plain , like a beady decoration above her bulwarks . She swerved a little out of her ...
... face . She was sleeping there within this dim vision of land . Perhaps this was as near as I should ever be able to ... faces looking our way became plain , like a beady decoration above her bulwarks . She swerved a little out of her ...
Page 87
... face in his hands . I could hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forwards . We were shortening sail . The schooner , luffing a little , ranged abreast . A hail like a metal blare came out of her . " If you donn'd heef - to we seenk ...
... face in his hands . I could hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forwards . We were shortening sail . The schooner , luffing a little , ranged abreast . A hail like a metal blare came out of her . " If you donn'd heef - to we seenk ...
Page 90
... face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips quivered one against the other . I went to Castro and caught him by the arm . He spun round and smiled discreetly . 66 We ...
... face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips quivered one against the other . I went to Castro and caught him by the arm . He spun round and smiled discreetly . 66 We ...
Page 93
... his broken nose ; I felt the contact on my right , and a small pain in my left hand . His arms went up to the sky ; his face , too . But I had started forward to meet him , and half a dozen of them flung PART SECOND 93.
... his broken nose ; I felt the contact on my right , and a small pain in my left hand . His arms went up to the sky ; his face , too . But I had started forward to meet him , and half a dozen of them flung PART SECOND 93.
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