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Page 57
There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its
thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of “ Here they come , for an
hour or so . There was a very limpid sky , a very limpid sea , a scattering of
shipping ...
There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its
thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of “ Here they come , for an
hour or so . There was a very limpid sky , a very limpid sea , a scattering of
shipping ...
Page 58
A man was shouting “ Cool Drinks ” on the other side of them . Finally , there was
a roar , an ... He ceased speaking , and someone on a horse , the High Sheriff , I
think , galloped impatiently past the cart and shouted . Two men got into the cart ...
A man was shouting “ Cool Drinks ” on the other side of them . Finally , there was
a roar , an ... He ceased speaking , and someone on a horse , the High Sheriff , I
think , galloped impatiently past the cart and shouted . Two men got into the cart ...
Page 59
Someone in front began to shout orders , and the crowd swayed back again . The
infantry muskets rattled . ... He shouted : “ Adios , viejo , para siempre adi My
whole body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my ...
Someone in front began to shout orders , and the crowd swayed back again . The
infantry muskets rattled . ... He shouted : “ Adios , viejo , para siempre adi My
whole body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my ...
Page 81
The crew and the officers seemed all to be forward shouting abuse at the “
lubberly Dago , ' and it looked as though I were abandoned to my fate . The ship
forged ahead in the light air ; I failed in my grab at her fore chains , and my boat
slipped ...
The crew and the officers seemed all to be forward shouting abuse at the “
lubberly Dago , ' and it looked as though I were abandoned to my fate . The ship
forged ahead in the light air ; I failed in my grab at her fore chains , and my boat
slipped ...
Page 82
the little skipper shouted fiercely . In the light wind the ships were separating
slowly . bound to ? ” hailed O'Brien's voice again . The little skipper laughed with
exasperation , “ Dash your blanked impudence . To Havana , and be hanged to
you .
the little skipper shouted fiercely . In the light wind the ships were separating
slowly . bound to ? ” hailed O'Brien's voice again . The little skipper laughed with
exasperation , “ Dash your blanked impudence . To Havana , and be hanged to
you .
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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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