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Page 62
... remember how I coughed on board that miserable ship . " me . I did remember it very well . He went to the inner door , looked in , and then came back to " Seraphina needs a guide - a controller - someone very strong and gentle , and ...
... remember how I coughed on board that miserable ship . " me . I did remember it very well . He went to the inner door , looked in , and then came back to " Seraphina needs a guide - a controller - someone very strong and gentle , and ...
Page 69
... remember the mate of the ship you came over in . He was Nicola el Demonio ; he won't be any longer - I can't tell you why , it's too long a story . " I did remember very vividly that cadaverous Nova Scotian mate of the Thames , who had ...
... remember the mate of the ship you came over in . He was Nicola el Demonio ; he won't be any longer - I can't tell you why , it's too long a story . " I did remember very vividly that cadaverous Nova Scotian mate of the Thames , who had ...
Page 72
... remembering , because at that time an indictment for rebellion - under the Black Act - was no joking matter . I might be sent home under arrest ; and even then , there was my affair with the runners . " It is coming to pay a visit ...
... remembering , because at that time an indictment for rebellion - under the Black Act - was no joking matter . I might be sent home under arrest ; and even then , there was my affair with the runners . " It is coming to pay a visit ...
Page 84
... remember that she hated him ; that she had said so herself . For the rest , I had a vague notion of going to the English Consul in Havana . After all , I was not a complete nobody . I was John Kemp , a gentleman , well connected ; I ...
... remember that she hated him ; that she had said so herself . For the rest , I had a vague notion of going to the English Consul in Havana . After all , I was not a complete nobody . I was John Kemp , a gentleman , well connected ; I ...
Page 89
... remember at last that for a long time he had been groaning somewhere near me . He kept on saying : " Oh , for God's sake - for God's sake - my poor wife . " I understood that he must have been asking me to do something . It came as a ...
... remember at last that for a long time he had been groaning somewhere near me . He kept on saying : " Oh , for God's sake - for God's sake - my poor wife . " I understood that he must have been asking me to do something . It came as a ...
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