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... who steered with the sheet in his hand , kept up an unintelligible babble .
Carlos and Castro talked under their breaths . Along the gunwale there was a
constant ripple and gurgle . Suddenly old Rangsley began to sing ; his voice was
hoarse ...
... who steered with the sheet in his hand , kept up an unintelligible babble .
Carlos and Castro talked under their breaths . Along the gunwale there was a
constant ripple and gurgle . Suddenly old Rangsley began to sing ; his voice was
hoarse ...
Page 25
... that had come over me , the sudden feeling that I was going not to adventure ,
but to death ; that here was not romance , but an end — a disenchanted surprise
that it should so soon be all over . We kept a grim silence . Further out in the bay ...
... that had come over me , the sudden feeling that I was going not to adventure ,
but to death ; that here was not romance , but an end — a disenchanted surprise
that it should so soon be all over . We kept a grim silence . Further out in the bay ...
Page 26
It mortified me excessively that I should be tacked to his tail and exhibited to a
number of people , and I had a sudden conviction of my small importance . I had
expected ... It was a new and strange life to me , opening there suddenly enough
.
It mortified me excessively that I should be tacked to his tail and exhibited to a
number of people , and I had a sudden conviction of my small importance . I had
expected ... It was a new and strange life to me , opening there suddenly enough
.
Page 36
I became suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald to see no more of Carlos
. From above came suddenly a gruff voice in Spanish . it would be a great folly . "
Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to fetch his ...
I became suddenly intensely anxious to find Macdonald to see no more of Carlos
. From above came suddenly a gruff voice in Spanish . it would be a great folly . "
Tomas Castro was descending the ladder gingerly . He was coming to fetch his ...
Page 38
he hissed with sudden energy . He had spruced himself , but I seemed to see the
rags still flutter about him . He had combed out his beard , but I could not forget
the knots that had been in it . “ I told your worship how foolish and wrong -
headed ...
he hissed with sudden energy . He had spruced himself , but I seemed to see the
rags still flutter about him . He had combed out his beard , but I could not forget
the knots that had been in it . “ I told your worship how foolish and wrong -
headed ...
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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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