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Pagina 13
Fifty yards away , on the seaward side of the street , stood the abode of the
consul for the United States . Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin
at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Geddie , the consul , on the back
porch ...
Fifty yards away , on the seaward side of the street , stood the abode of the
consul for the United States . Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin
at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Geddie , the consul , on the back
porch ...
Pagina 22
These side streets were covered by a growth of thick , rank grass , which was
kept to a navigable shortness by the machetes of the police . Stone sidewalks ,
little more than a ledge in width , ran along the base of the mean and
monotonous ...
These side streets were covered by a growth of thick , rank grass , which was
kept to a navigable shortness by the machetes of the police . Stone sidewalks ,
little more than a ledge in width , ran along the base of the mean and
monotonous ...
Pagina 29
This home of a great nation's representative was a wooden structure of two
rooms , with a native - built gallery of poles , bamboo and nipa palm running on
three sides of it . One room was the official apartment , furnished chastely with a
flat ...
This home of a great nation's representative was a wooden structure of two
rooms , with a native - built gallery of poles , bamboo and nipa palm running on
three sides of it . One room was the official apartment , furnished chastely with a
flat ...
Pagina 37
There was a little smile both of perplexity and amusement in Geddie's eyes as he
set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side on his desk . He fetched
his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself comfortably . He would
...
There was a little smile both of perplexity and amusement in Geddie's eyes as he
set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side on his desk . He fetched
his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself comfortably . He would
...
Pagina 52
A grove of small orange - trees crowded against one side of it , enclosed by a low
, rock wall over which a tall man might easily step . The house was of plastered
adobe , stained a hundred shades of colour by the salt breeze and the sun .
A grove of small orange - trees crowded against one side of it , enclosed by a low
, rock wall over which a tall man might easily step . The house was of plastered
adobe , stained a hundred shades of colour by the salt breeze and the sun .
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