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Page 70
Then he frowned . “ I ' ve been misled , ” he muttered , with a dark glance at
Carlos . And recovering his jocular serenity , “ Ye mean it ? ” he asked ; “ it ' s not
British heroics ? ” The old Don stirred again and sighed . The young girl glided
swiftly ...
Then he frowned . “ I ' ve been misled , ” he muttered , with a dark glance at
Carlos . And recovering his jocular serenity , “ Ye mean it ? ” he asked ; “ it ' s not
British heroics ? ” The old Don stirred again and sighed . The young girl glided
swiftly ...
Page 73
I felt a sort of uneasiness ; I could by no means understand the connection
between the old Don and what had gone before , and I did not , in a purely
conventional sense , know how long I ought to stop . The sky through the barred
windows ...
I felt a sort of uneasiness ; I could by no means understand the connection
between the old Don and what had gone before , and I did not , in a purely
conventional sense , know how long I ought to stop . The sky through the barred
windows ...
Page 80
The land might have been four or five miles awayI had no means of knowing
exactly . It looked like a high black cloud , and purply - gray mists here and there
80 ROMANCE.
The land might have been four or five miles awayI had no means of knowing
exactly . It looked like a high black cloud , and purply - gray mists here and there
80 ROMANCE.
Page 81
I was done up when I got on the poop . A yell came from forward , “ Hard aport . ”
Then the same voice addressed itself to abusing the Spanish ship very close to
us now . “ What do you mean by coming - to right across my bows like this ?
I was done up when I got on the poop . A yell came from forward , “ Hard aport . ”
Then the same voice addressed itself to abusing the Spanish ship very close to
us now . “ What do you mean by coming - to right across my bows like this ?
Page 90
What ? His wife ? Tell that stupid Inglez with whispers that she is safe . ” He
whispered with an air of profound intelligence , “ We shall be ready to go as soon
as these vered on paper ; h added . I could not pause to think what he might
mean .
What ? His wife ? Tell that stupid Inglez with whispers that she is safe . ” He
whispered with an air of profound intelligence , “ We shall be ready to go as soon
as these vered on paper ; h added . I could not pause to think what he might
mean .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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