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Page 49
... heard that name they wouldn't wait to ask who your worship is . They would tear us to pieces in an instant . I tell you — moi , Tomas Castro - he will ruin us , this white fool- 99 Carlos began to cough , shaken speechless as if by an ...
... heard that name they wouldn't wait to ask who your worship is . They would tear us to pieces in an instant . I tell you — moi , Tomas Castro - he will ruin us , this white fool- 99 Carlos began to cough , shaken speechless as if by an ...
Page 51
... heard my own name and the words , " mahn ye were speerin ' after . " The light was obscured , the voice began clamouring insistently . " John Kemp , Johnnie Kemp , noo . Here's the mahn ye were speerin ' after . Here's Macdonald . " It ...
... heard my own name and the words , " mahn ye were speerin ' after . " The light was obscured , the voice began clamouring insistently . " John Kemp , Johnnie Kemp , noo . Here's the mahn ye were speerin ' after . Here's Macdonald . " It ...
Page 65
... to the office , and got my correspondence . Veronica's letter came like a faint echo , like the sound of very distant surf , heard at night ; it seemed impossible that any one could be as interested as she THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD 65.
... to the office , and got my correspondence . Veronica's letter came like a faint echo , like the sound of very distant surf , heard at night ; it seemed impossible that any one could be as interested as she THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD 65.
Page 73
... 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 gliding up and down , and the very silent hills a long way away . There was a large flavour of ...
... 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 gliding up and down , and the very silent hills a long way away . There was a large flavour of ...
Page 77
... heard , my uncle himself had advised their being surrendered to your English . And when there was no priest he repented very bitterly . Why , after all , it was an infamy . ' He paused again , and leant back against the counter . When ...
... heard , my uncle himself had advised their being surrendered to your English . And when there was no priest he repented very bitterly . Why , after all , it was an infamy . ' He paused again , and leant back against the counter . When ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Señor Señorita 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 walked wall whispered Williams woman words