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Page 237
... keeping a cool head . It was , after all , Tomas Castro to whom all the credit of the thing belonged . Just after it had fallen very dark , he brought me the black robes , a pair of heavy pistols to gird on under them , and the heavy ...
... keeping a cool head . It was , after all , Tomas Castro to whom all the credit of the thing belonged . Just after it had fallen very dark , he brought me the black robes , a pair of heavy pistols to gird on under them , and the heavy ...
Page 242
... keep it in the Señor Caballero's heart to care well for the soul of the dear señorita . ' " I am a very old man , " he whispered , after a pause . He was indeed an old man , quite worn out , quite with- out hope on earth . " I have ...
... keep it in the Señor Caballero's heart to care well for the soul of the dear señorita . ' " I am a very old man , " he whispered , after a pause . He was indeed an old man , quite worn out , quite with- out hope on earth . " I have ...
Page 249
... keep it up . On this very night Manuel - del - Popolo was outside with a good many rowboats , waiting on the Indiaman . The ship had been seen nearing the shore since noon . She was becalmed now . Perhaps they were looting her already ...
... keep it up . On this very night Manuel - del - Popolo was outside with a good many rowboats , waiting on the Indiaman . The ship had been seen nearing the shore since noon . She was becalmed now . Perhaps they were looting her already ...
Page 250
... keeping Seraphina's feet dry mingled with the grave ap- prehensions of our enterprise . We had been paddling an easy stroke . The red blurr of the fire on the point was growing larger , while the diminished blaze of lights on the high ...
... keeping Seraphina's feet dry mingled with the grave ap- prehensions of our enterprise . We had been paddling an easy stroke . The red blurr of the fire on the point was growing larger , while the diminished blaze of lights on the high ...
Page 254
... keep clear of the schooner which , for all I know to this day , may not have been there at all , I had come too close to the sand , so close that I heard soft , rapid footfalls stop short in the fog . A voice seemed to be asking me in a ...
... keep clear of the schooner which , for all I know to this day , may not have been there at all , I had come too close to the sand , so close that I heard soft , rapid footfalls stop short in the fog . A voice seemed to be asking me in a ...
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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