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Page 141
... wall , like the apparition of a Spanish ghost with my own English face . When I ran out , the moon had sunk below the ridge of the roof ; the whole quadrangle of the Casa had turned black under the stars , with only a yellow glimmer of ...
... wall , like the apparition of a Spanish ghost with my own English face . When I ran out , the moon had sunk below the ridge of the roof ; the whole quadrangle of the Casa had turned black under the stars , with only a yellow glimmer of ...
Page 142
... wall ; and when I stood by her side , not even the shadow of the eyelashes on her cheek trembled . Carlos ' lips moved ; his voice was almost extinct ; but for all his emaciation , the profundity of his eyes , the sunken cheeks , the ...
... wall ; and when I stood by her side , not even the shadow of the eyelashes on her cheek trembled . Carlos ' lips moved ; his voice was almost extinct ; but for all his emaciation , the profundity of his eyes , the sunken cheeks , the ...
Page 148
... . It was instinct . He could not know how he dismayed us by that shake of the finger . The tall girl dropped her candlestick with a clatter , and fled along the gallery like a shadow . La Chica cowered under the wall . The 148 ROMANCE.
... . It was instinct . He could not know how he dismayed us by that shake of the finger . The tall girl dropped her candlestick with a clatter , and fled along the gallery like a shadow . La Chica cowered under the wall . The 148 ROMANCE.
Page 149
... wall . The light of her candle just touched dimly the form of a negro boy , waiting pas- sively in the background with O'Brien's saddle - bags over his shoulder . " You see , " said Seraphina to me , in a swift , desolate murmur ...
... wall . The light of her candle just touched dimly the form of a negro boy , waiting pas- sively in the background with O'Brien's saddle - bags over his shoulder . " You see , " said Seraphina to me , in a swift , desolate murmur ...
Page 152
... wall , by Seraphina's door ; and the pure crystalline sound of the fountain below , enveloping the parting pause , seemed to wind its coldness round my heart . " Poor Don Carlos ! " she said . " I had a great affection for him . I was ...
... wall , by Seraphina's door ; and the pure crystalline sound of the fountain below , enveloping the parting pause , seemed to wind its coldness round my heart . " Poor Don Carlos ! " she said . " I had a great affection for him . I was ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...