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... seemed to know them no better . I lived with Carlos in the cabin - Castro in the half - deck ; but we were all three pretty con- stantly together , and they being the only Spaniards were more or less isolated from the other passengers ...
... seemed to know them no better . I lived with Carlos in the cabin - Castro in the half - deck ; but we were all three pretty con- stantly together , and they being the only Spaniards were more or less isolated from the other passengers ...
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... seemed to drag a little . And it was obvious enough that Carlos was unwilling or unable to tell anything about what preoccupied him . I had noticed an intimacy spring up between the ship's second mate and Tomas , who was , it seemed to ...
... seemed to drag a little . And it was obvious enough that Carlos was unwilling or unable to tell anything about what preoccupied him . I had noticed an intimacy spring up between the ship's second mate and Tomas , who was , it seemed to ...
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... seemed to change his mind . " I am done with yeh , " he said , with a sort of sinister restraint . He rose to his feet , and , turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking - glass . I had not the slightest ...
... seemed to change his mind . " I am done with yeh , " he said , with a sort of sinister restraint . He rose to his feet , and , turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking - glass . I had not the slightest ...
Page 38
... seemed to wake up . " Your uncle the pirate ! " I cried , and was amazed at my own words . Tomas Castro sprang up , and placed his rough , hot hand over my lips . " Be quiet , John Kemp , you fool ! " he hissed with sudden energy . He ...
... seemed to wake up . " Your uncle the pirate ! " I cried , and was amazed at my own words . Tomas Castro sprang up , and placed his rough , hot hand over my lips . " Be quiet , John Kemp , you fool ! " he hissed with sudden energy . He ...
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... seemed odd , laughable still . Castro began to parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites before attacking . There was the same tenseness of muscle . He stepped with extraordinary care on the points of ...
... seemed odd , laughable still . Castro began to parade round me : it was as if he were a cock performing its saltatory rites before attacking . There was the same tenseness of muscle . He stepped with extraordinary care on the points of ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail 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 waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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