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... turned into the big inn at the junction of the London road to write a letter to his agent bidding him house me and employ me as an improver . For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two down the road ...
... turned into the big inn at the junction of the London road to write a letter to his agent bidding him house me and employ me as an improver . For fear of compromising him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two down the road ...
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... turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had remembered them ...
... turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had remembered them ...
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... turned and regarded him with a haughty stare . He whistled and walked away . Carlos muttered something that I did not catch about " spies of that pestilent Irishman . " Then : " I will not selfishly take you into any more dangers , " he ...
... turned and regarded him with a haughty stare . He whistled and walked away . Carlos muttered something that I did not catch about " spies of that pestilent Irishman . " Then : " I will not selfishly take you into any more dangers , " he ...
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... turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking - glass . I had not the slightest inkling of his meaning . I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast into a sunlit ...
... turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking - glass . I had not the slightest inkling of his meaning . I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast into a sunlit ...
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... turned out , I went home in that very ship , but then it was too late . I was another man by that time , with much queer knowledge and other desires . Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me asking one of our ...
... turned out , I went home in that very ship , but then it was too late . I was another man by that time , with much queer knowledge and other desires . Whilst I was looking and longing I heard Carlos ' voice behind me asking one of our ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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