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... shouted : " Adios , viejo , para siempre adi— " My whole body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had ...
... shouted : " Adios , viejo , para siempre adi— " My whole body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had ...
Page 81
... 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 astern , bumping against the side . I ...
... 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 astern , bumping against the side . I ...
Page 82
... shouted fiercely . In the light wind the ships were separating slowly . " Where are you bound to ? " hailed O'Brien's voice again . The little skipper laughed with exasperation , " Dash your blanked impudence . To Havana , and be hanged ...
... shouted fiercely . In the light wind the ships were separating slowly . " Where are you bound to ? " hailed O'Brien's voice again . The little skipper laughed with exasperation , " Dash your blanked impudence . To Havana , and be hanged ...
Page 86
... shouting and stamping . But there was a dead silence , to which I was listening with all my ears . Suddenly there was ... shouted aloft , " Look out ! They are firing again . " Then only I noticed , a quarter of a mile astern and between ...
... shouting and stamping . But there was a dead silence , to which I was listening with all my ears . Suddenly there was ... shouted aloft , " Look out ! They are firing again . " Then only I noticed , a quarter of a mile astern and between ...
Page 90
... shouting down the hatch . " Try to the old man gasped . " Didn't you hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips quivered one against the ...
... shouting down the hatch . " Try to the old man gasped . " Didn't you hear the child scream ? " His face was pallid and wrinkled , like a piece of crumpled paper ; his mouth was drawn on one side , and his lips quivered one against the ...
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