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Pagina 16
If the wheel successfully revolved , Goodwin stood to win a concession to 30 ,
000 manzanas of the finest coffee lands in the interior . Certain incidents in the
recent career of President Miraflores had excited a shrewd suspicion in Goodwin
' s ...
If the wheel successfully revolved , Goodwin stood to win a concession to 30 ,
000 manzanas of the finest coffee lands in the interior . Certain incidents in the
recent career of President Miraflores had excited a shrewd suspicion in Goodwin
' s ...
Pagina 32
The breakfast consisted of shark ' s fin soup , stew of land crabs , breadfruit , a
broiled iguana steak , aguacates , a freshly cut pineapple , claret and coffee .
Geddie took his seat , and unrolled with luxurious laziness his bundle of
newspapers .
The breakfast consisted of shark ' s fin soup , stew of land crabs , breadfruit , a
broiled iguana steak , aguacates , a freshly cut pineapple , claret and coffee .
Geddie took his seat , and unrolled with luxurious laziness his bundle of
newspapers .
Pagina 35
He felt a glow of satisfaction at finding he was so little disturbed by what he had
read . He told himself that he had conquered the distress that had sent him , a
voluntary exile , to this far land of the lotus . He could never forget Ida , of course ;
but ...
He felt a glow of satisfaction at finding he was so little disturbed by what he had
read . He told himself that he had conquered the distress that had sent him , a
voluntary exile , to this far land of the lotus . He could never forget Ida , of course ;
but ...
Pagina 36
this land of perpetual afternoon . Those old days of life in the States seemed like
an irritating dream . . He hoped Ida would be as happy as he was The climate as
balmy as that of distant Avalon ; the fetterless , idyllic round of enchanted days ...
this land of perpetual afternoon . Those old days of life in the States seemed like
an irritating dream . . He hoped Ida would be as happy as he was The climate as
balmy as that of distant Avalon ; the fetterless , idyllic round of enchanted days ...
Pagina 38
A lagoon pierced the land like a dark , jagged crystal , and above it a pale ceiba -
tree rose almost to the clouds . The waving cocoanut palms on the beach flared
their decorative green leaves against the slate of an almost quiescent sea .
A lagoon pierced the land like a dark , jagged crystal , and above it a pale ceiba -
tree rose almost to the clouds . The waving cocoanut palms on the beach flared
their decorative green leaves against the slate of an almost quiescent sea .
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