Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 99Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1919 - American literature |
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Page 49
... door was flung open , and Pablino , the son , burst in . He was in fresh linens , with hat slightly on the side of his head , and he sparkled with a cold , bright mirth . He stood an instant , taking in the others at a glance , like the ...
... door was flung open , and Pablino , the son , burst in . He was in fresh linens , with hat slightly on the side of his head , and he sparkled with a cold , bright mirth . He stood an instant , taking in the others at a glance , like the ...
Page 53
... door , went servants , barefoot , without a sound , appearing and disappearing as if crossing the back of a stage . One who carried food was in a ragged bath- robe of Doña Ana's , its hugeness gath- ered around her armpits with a cord ...
... door , went servants , barefoot , without a sound , appearing and disappearing as if crossing the back of a stage . One who carried food was in a ragged bath- robe of Doña Ana's , its hugeness gath- ered around her armpits with a cord ...
Page 54
... door . I went to my room . Doña Ana came a few minutes later . " You did n't understand my hus- band . He does n't want anybody to discover his goodness . That would make him very angry . He is going to play to a sick neighbor who is ...
... door . I went to my room . Doña Ana came a few minutes later . " You did n't understand my hus- band . He does n't want anybody to discover his goodness . That would make him very angry . He is going to play to a sick neighbor who is ...
Page 56
... door stands open . I never forgive . I'm going to be frank with you . There was an opening in the ceiling of this room long ago . There are conditions in a hot country - you could n't understand . It was neces- sary ; the hole was ...
... door stands open . I never forgive . I'm going to be frank with you . There was an opening in the ceiling of this room long ago . There are conditions in a hot country - you could n't understand . It was neces- sary ; the hole was ...
Page 59
... door - knob on the front of his waistcoat . The tree - fern did not now resemble a bursting fountain . Its fronds curled about the man like petals of a great flower . He was its heart- the worm - eaten heart of tropic beauty . " After ...
... door - knob on the front of his waistcoat . The tree - fern did not now resemble a bursting fountain . Its fronds curled about the man like petals of a great flower . He was its heart- the worm - eaten heart of tropic beauty . " After ...
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