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Page 25
To me his words and his smile seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said
very earnestly . Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I
caught him muttering savagely : “ I could kill that old man ! ” He did not want to be
...
To me his words and his smile seemed to imply a bitter irony ; but they were said
very earnestly . Castro had hauled the helpless form of old Rangsley forward . I
caught him muttering savagely : “ I could kill that old man ! ” He did not want to be
...
Page 30
... was going on there , or how could " that Irish devil , ” whoever he was , have
power to hang Tomas and be revenged on Carlos ? It did not affect my love for
Carlos , though , in the weariness of this mystery , the passage seemed 30
ROMANCE.
... was going on there , or how could " that Irish devil , ” whoever he was , have
power to hang Tomas and be revenged on Carlos ? It did not affect my love for
Carlos , though , in the weariness of this mystery , the passage seemed 30
ROMANCE.
Page 31
in the weariness of this mystery , the passage 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
...
in the weariness of this mystery , the passage 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
...
Page 35
With Tomas he seemed already familiar . He stood in the doorway , against the
strong light , bowing a little . With a certain courtesy , touched with indifference ,
Carlos made him acquainted with me . Ramon turned his searching , quietly ...
With Tomas he seemed already familiar . He stood in the doorway , against the
strong light , bowing a little . With a certain courtesy , touched with indifference ,
Carlos made him acquainted with me . Ramon turned his searching , quietly ...
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I asked . “ Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that
the suggestiveness of it caused a thrill in me . His uncle could nominate me to
posts of honor fit for a caballero . I seemed to wake up . “ Your uncle the pirate !
I asked . “ Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that
the suggestiveness of it caused a thrill in me . His uncle could nominate me to
posts of honor fit for a caballero . I seemed to wake up . “ Your uncle the pirate !
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1914 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2013 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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