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never been <strong>the</strong> same man since.’
PART SECONDThe Isabels
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Nostromo: A Taleof the SeaboardBy J
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AUTHOR’S NOTE‘NOSTROMO’ is th
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him: ‘What’s to prevent me repo
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Misrule.’ That work was never pub
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ter the usual exordium of his remor
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invective. She did not quite unders
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CHAPTER ONEIN THE time of Spanish r
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the sky above a razor-backed ridge
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At night the body of clouds advanci
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CHAPTER TWOTHE only sign of commerc
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ject with studied negligence.‘Smi
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against the rushes of the rabble, t
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Mitchell, after directing the comma
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CHAPTER THREEIT MIGHT have been sai
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ing fowls, pounding corn in wooden
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It was trying to the nerves. Old Vi
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The children kneeling on the floor
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Linda raised her eyes to her face f
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fumes floated upwards in sunshine,
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while the negro brakesmen sat carel
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ters of her hair, and the eyelashes
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Italian—the publication of the Br
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Giorgio’s old age. It cast a gloo
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CHAPTER FIVEIN THIS way only was th
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out-of-the-way place Sulaco is!—a
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aristocratic old Spanish families,
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showed some talent as guerilla chie
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could set in motion mighty machines
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face, a pair of eyes gazing straigh
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not connected with Nostromo, and in
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here. And I suppose they are homesi
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swift pasotrote, straight out of so
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Perhaps he had just dismounted on h
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Worked in the early days mostly by
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with many arguments and entreaties,
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a votre bonhomme—entendez-vous?
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teen, a matter of prime importance
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a personal point of view, too, as o
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‘That’s different. I’ve been
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and generosity, had the fastidious
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with that girl, and his mind of the
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aspect of the world.The latest phas
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fat coachman sat muffled up on the
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mine by the hour with her husband w
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face, and his whole, long-limbed, l
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thought that no one could know her
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there was an implication of calm an
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on facts; and Charles Gould, whose
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lip is what you’ll want; and you
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inaccessible to profane eyes. Some
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me whether his talk is the voice of
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Page 109 and 110: ents must have been great, after al
Page 111 and 112: tercourse was to strike as offensiv
Page 113 and 114: When in Sulaco it was his practice
Page 115 and 116: enclosures within the old ramparts,
Page 117 and 118: Thus professionally spoke Don Pepe,
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Page 121 and 122: first, in a pointed straw hat, then
Page 123 and 124: dying on hillsides, in the long gra
Page 125 and 126: and weight, would be caught up by t
Page 127 and 128: ment. From the heavy family coaches
Page 129 and 130: had been fitted out; a price had be
Page 131 and 132: fore she had settled in her town-ho
Page 133 and 134: gling spurs and riding-whip under h
Page 135 and 136: the white gleam of ranging eyes; an
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Page 139 and 140: were badly wanted for this great de
Page 141 and 142: Chief of the State Costaguana had e
Page 143 and 144: which I, having been in my time acc
Page 145 and 146: Going ashore in the same boat with
Page 147 and 148: carriage, who returned smiles and f
Page 149 and 150: murs of recognition and obsequious
Page 151 and 152: ‘Is that true?’ she cooed, joyo
Page 153: Nostromo, the Mediterranean sailor
Page 157 and 158: The harbour was busy, too, with the
Page 159 and 160: ing company of nearly naked skeleto
Page 161 and 162: It was the rule for all the women o
Page 163 and 164: cific mandate to establish the pros
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Page 167 and 168: could unsettle the public opinion i
Page 169 and 170: in Tonoro. They had come to offer h
Page 171 and 172: otic send-off. It was not his part
Page 173 and 174: of a lover ensconced in a doorway o
Page 175 and 176: tion to become a poet like that oth
Page 177 and 178: ‘It’s like a tile falling on my
Page 179 and 180: formed that she ventured to treat s
Page 181 and 182: ‘I am inexpressibly grateful for
Page 183 and 184: French language. The big black lett
Page 185 and 186: thick stick. No! He had earned enou
Page 187 and 188: costume caused by the anxious lende
Page 189 and 190: ars of a strong wooden cage. Si, se
Page 191 and 192: The carriage rolled noiselessly on
Page 193 and 194: ‘Yes,’ muttered old Viola, sava
Page 195 and 196: ‘I shall want a horse presently,
Page 197 and 198: shriek, and Decoud, from his back s
Page 199 and 200: ciple is old.’He ruminated his di
Page 201 and 202: of feminine and intimate delicacy.D
Page 203 and 204: aising her hand. After a time he wh
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Decoud talking publicly with Antoni
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make war you may retreat, but not w
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and all his Negro Liberals hanging
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She made an energetic gesture of ne
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have ploughed the sea.’ He did no
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first pause. Their comparative isol
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Jose Avellanos. Don Jose, lifting u
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have carried so far, though there w
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something unlawful behind his pries
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for reparation from a penitent coun
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‘Very well,’ he agreed with the
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the skirt of his soutane at each en
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confirmatory word, a grunt of assen
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sign, made no sound. The impenetrab
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so.’ And now he was going. It was
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stairs, where the Madonna with the
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there was to say a long time ago. T
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upon the great bare wall. ‘It is
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Decoud affected suddenly the utmost
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country, whatever Father Corbelan m
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ceptibilities, and at the present m
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do no harm. And it was quite possib
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sentimentalists to deal with.’‘
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iously.‘Upon the whole,’ he con
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CHAPTER SEVENIT WAS part of what De
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death. That man seems to have a par
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for that, senor?’ Then it dawned
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dismantled houses acquired by the C
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vaguely about him, then dropped int
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man or beast,’ said the girl, pas
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holding a bottle, and sobbing gentl
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handfuls of type, blown in the wind
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it were to an assembly of trained m
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clothed in the fair robes of an ide
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emaining forces had melted away dur
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‘Never mind, there is no lack of
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holds to it as some men hold to the
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humanity.‘He joined me on the har
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the paper was going through the pre
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‘Teresa wants to see you, Nostrom
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for the glow of a heap of charcoal
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and hopes, had a great regard for h
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the one which they say is guarded b
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the stairs backwards, with the usua
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‘What bargain would your worship
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‘We are out in the gulf now,’ s
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In the featureless night Nostromo w
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and years to come. And yet, the day
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er. No, senor; there is no rest til
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the sensations awaked by what he ha
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was limp—lifeless.The light of th
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shouts and imprecations, looking fo
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angry and threatening voice, ordere
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had been making use of him, had tri
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‘They are trying to make out wher
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a naked mast. I will do it now, bef
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windows of the houses, and showing
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mism. In comparison to it, the chan
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daylight? He began to think that th
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him, and Barrios, with a rude and j
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intoxicated, and proceeded on their
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This was the first time Nostromo an
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would have passed on, leaving the l
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the breast of Senor Hirsch, who sim
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in aim, in view, in character, and
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I was in love with. Poor Teresa cou
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one of the two spades which belonge
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Nostromo detected the ironic tone.
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certainly before noon Sotillo would
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PART THIRDTHE LIGHTHOUSE
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of those imported workmen with the
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losing party. But I did not tell th
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of the far interior where the great
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ing by himself. I shall be sorry.
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story that will never grow old. Tha
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the treasure was of enormous import
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the wall, and narrow enough to be d
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the engineer. ‘When this question
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CHAPTER TWOCAPTAIN MITCHELL, pacing
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ecome the prey in person and fortun
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infuriated. Captain Mitchell, howev
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The long building was surrounded by
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ing half a hundred-weight of sand.
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and had been dragged along for some
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es, wanting in the misty idealism o
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tain Mitchell could meet the realit
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with his chin on his breast and his
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founded fellow get wind of the affa
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was sitting at the foot of the bed,
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their eyes on the doctor. But at th
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dark.‘Yes, that is exactly what I
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friend’s character is not my idea
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Only the slight limping shuffle cou
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tance.’Captain Mitchell was very
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creased. The guerrillero brother of
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saw the irony of it. Father Corbela
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drowning man catches at a straw. Fa
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over his shoulder.‘Drive carefull
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with the sergeant’s stripes on th
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day to join the democrats. We are g
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to turn, where the only chance of s
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his back against the rim of the fou
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had planned revolutions, who had be
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efusing, almost touched by the anxi
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senora had given into her charge th
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eyes, and in a tempestuous voice, b
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make a full confession, Father Bero
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fetters were struck off by the ligh
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of account the safety of her husban
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cident had brought to a point all t
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‘Antonia will kill herself!’ sh
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the cathedral. Three single strokes
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CHAPTER FIVEDURING the night the ex
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duplicity and cunning, together wit
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court, and had conceived the idea o
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and the bullet-speckled walls of th
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‘The brute!’ observed his Excel
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cho howled with conviction, was the
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patrol duty, strolling, carbine in
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Don Pepe, in a mild and humorous vo
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the hammock. With less confidence,
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ecause whatever happened his honour
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CHAPTER SEVENAT ABOUT that time, in
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(which were accessible to His Excel
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as a great captain of industry and
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on the table.‘You will have to ta
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gadores could have been employed wi
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the Custom House, appeared lonely,
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CHAPTER EIGHTAFTER landing from his
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the cupolas, towers, and miradors r
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as a boy on one of these feluccas b
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made a few steps, then stopped agai
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Sharing in the anti-priestly freeth
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sensible his profound isolation. Hi
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meditating—or, perhaps, reading a
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ing his lips slightly, and not look
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der-blades. From there his eyes tra
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membered that much. What do you wan
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where he would be of the greatest u
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ought never to have left the mounta
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pest in his ears in time to hear th
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‘Am I to understand, senor,’ No
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such a fool as when I started. I ha
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CHAPTER NINEDISTRACTED between doub
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that treasure, for that wealth of s
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come entangled in a perfect welter
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Complete silence. He quaked. It was
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whose one end was fastened to Senor
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its mouth closed askew. The colonel
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any future treacheries of that scou
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He was absolutely the only one. The
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You are safe because you are needed
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‘I don’t know,’ burst out the
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Sotillo.’And Dr. Monygham stopped
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no divers, but he has a ship, boats
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Custom House, before he managed to
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laying about you with a stick among
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had left it twenty-four hours befor
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keen blade piercing his breast.The
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decaying strength.He extended his h
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The Capataz drank greedily. A sligh
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CHAPTER TENTHE next day was quiet i
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lish, French, Italians, all sorts
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of his safe. It was even for that s
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priest, everlastingly worrying the
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ticle to him and the force he has o
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see framed under glass in the Munic
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the land gate, was not able to oppo
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do?’ ‘You know very well I was,
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confines of waking and sleep with r
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they thought up to the last on that
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Ha! ha! ha! He wants me to admit th
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without loss of time and undetected
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ments and barren tasks for the peop
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endary treasure.At the end of his f
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universe as a succession of incompr
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dark, he ceased rowing and flung th
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He had made up his mind that nothin
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CHAPTER ELEVENSULACO outstripped No
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ing tenderness.‘Don’t expect to
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the Bolson de Tonoro. And the heroi
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Gould. She had brought her uncle ov
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him that position? Who can say? Gen
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know how really good you are. You w
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that incorruptible Capataz. Moreove
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the Violas. As late as midnight at
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an old negro, who had been sitting
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Gould added to the grace of her sea
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success for the last of the Goulds.
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qualities was destroyed. He felt it
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ed and feared Captain Fidanza, the
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made for himself, under his rightfu
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He went to see his friend Captain M
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A sudden dread came upon the fearle
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you for the earth to become empty t
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her raised eyes remained fixed on n
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‘Be allowed to listen to your Ram
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his little flower.It had grown dark
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and the triumphant excitement of hi
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‘Where is it? Where? Tell me that
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There was something in that immobil
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CHAPTER THIRTEENON THE day Mrs. Gou
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hills, for which we are starving ou
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Linda had a good share of the Viola
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ious and shameless innocence with k
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stairs. At the moment of opening th
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sala. The prosperous majordomo rema
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has something to say to you alone.
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aim. I myself could have done no be
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lost for ever.’After hearing thes
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photographer, small, frail, bloodth
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‘You have killed Gian’ Battista
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