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Page 109
... was a flush on his face ; his eyes gazed imploringly at me . You will stay here , now , till I die , and then — I want you to protect- He fell back on the pillows . " " A PART THIRD CASA RIEGO CHAPTER I LL this is PART SECOND 109.
... was a flush on his face ; his eyes gazed imploringly at me . You will stay here , now , till I die , and then — I want you to protect- He fell back on the pillows . " " A PART THIRD CASA RIEGO CHAPTER I LL this is PART SECOND 109.
Page 112
... fell the light from the small doorway of a sort of guardroom near the closed gate . We continued along the arcaded walk ; a double curtain was drawn to right and left before me , while my guide stepped aside . In a vast white apartment ...
... fell the light from the small doorway of a sort of guardroom near the closed gate . We continued along the arcaded walk ; a double curtain was drawn to right and left before me , while my guide stepped aside . In a vast white apartment ...
Page 113
... fell . Death hovered over that table — and also , as if the breath of past ages . The mul- titude of lights , the polished floor of costly wood , the bare white- ness of walls wainscoted with marble , the vastness of the room , the ...
... fell . Death hovered over that table — and also , as if the breath of past ages . The mul- titude of lights , the polished floor of costly wood , the bare white- ness of walls wainscoted with marble , the vastness of the room , the ...
Page 142
... fell in heavy and unstirring folds right down to the polished floor , that reflected the lights like a sheet of water , or rather like ice . I felt it slippery under my feet . I , alone , had to move , in this great chamber , with its ...
... fell in heavy and unstirring folds right down to the polished floor , that reflected the lights like a sheet of water , or rather like ice . I felt it slippery under my feet . I , alone , had to move , in this great chamber , with its ...
Page 143
... fell upon the room , vast as the stillness of a world of unknown faiths , loves , beliefs , of silent illusions , of unexpressed passions and secret motives that live in our unfathomable hearts . Seraphina had given me a quick glance ...
... fell upon the room , vast as the stillness of a world of unknown faiths , loves , beliefs , of silent illusions , of unexpressed passions and secret motives that live in our unfathomable hearts . Seraphina had given me a quick glance ...
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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...