Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 65
... thing with golden eyes , whom fear seemed to have turned into stone . We entered quietly , and after a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes , and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed ...
... thing with golden eyes , whom fear seemed to have turned into stone . We entered quietly , and after a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes , and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed ...
Page 66
... thing as delicate and intangible as the scent of lime flowers . Our noble friend " -he indicated Carlos with a little flutter of one white hand- " has told me what make of a dare - devil gallant ye are ; breaking the skulls of half the ...
... thing as delicate and intangible as the scent of lime flowers . Our noble friend " -he indicated Carlos with a little flutter of one white hand- " has told me what make of a dare - devil gallant ye are ; breaking the skulls of half the ...
Page 67
... thing worth attention . It stuck in my mind while , in persuasive tones , and with airy fluency , he discoursed of the profits that could be made , nowadays , in arming privateers under the Mexican flag . He told me I needn't be ...
... thing worth attention . It stuck in my mind while , in persuasive tones , and with airy fluency , he discoursed of the profits that could be made , nowadays , in arming privateers under the Mexican flag . He told me I needn't be ...
Page 72
... thing dangerous ; some intrigue , that I could not conceive even the first notion of . But that Carlos wanted anxiously to make use of me for some purpose was clear . I was mystified to the point of forgetting how heavily I was ...
... thing dangerous ; some intrigue , that I could not conceive even the first notion of . But that Carlos wanted anxiously to make use of me for some purpose was clear . I was mystified to the point of forgetting how heavily I was ...
Page 78
... things ; a glitter of gilded carvings , red velvet couches , a shining table , a low ceiling , painted white , on ... thing the eye could rest on . She affected me as an apparition familiar , yet absolutely new in her charm . I had ...
... things ; a glitter of gilded carvings , red velvet couches , a shining table , a low ceiling , painted white , on ... thing the eye could rest on . She affected me as an apparition familiar , yet absolutely new in her charm . I had ...
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