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Pagina 24
"He isn't grumpy," said Paula Brannigan, impulsively, "when he — " But she
ceased suddenly, and drew back with a deepening colour; for her mother had
been a mestizo lady, and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain
shyness that ...
"He isn't grumpy," said Paula Brannigan, impulsively, "when he — " But she
ceased suddenly, and drew back with a deepening colour; for her mother had
been a mestizo lady, and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain
shyness that ...
Pagina 28
Then half-clothed Car- ibs dashed into the water, and brought in on their backs
the Valhalla's purser and the little native officials in their cotton undershirts, blue
trousers with red stripes, and flapping straw hats. At college Geddie had been a ...
Then half-clothed Car- ibs dashed into the water, and brought in on their backs
the Valhalla's purser and the little native officials in their cotton undershirts, blue
trousers with red stripes, and flapping straw hats. At college Geddie had been a ...
Pagina 29
newspapers, tied with a string, that the steamer always brought for him. Geddie
leaped high and caught the roll with a sounding "thwack." The loungers on the
beach — about a third of the population of the town — laughed and applauded ...
newspapers, tied with a string, that the steamer always brought for him. Geddie
leaped high and caught the roll with a sounding "thwack." The loungers on the
beach — about a third of the population of the town — laughed and applauded ...
Pagina 35
Geddie went into his office and sat down to dawdle over his report. If the reading
of the article in the paper had left him unshaken, this silent passing of the Idalia
had done for him still more. It had brought the calm and peace of a situation from
...
Geddie went into his office and sat down to dawdle over his report. If the reading
of the article in the paper had left him unshaken, this silent passing of the Idalia
had done for him still more. It had brought the calm and peace of a situation from
...
Pagina 36
A miniature breaker, spreading with a soft "swish" upon the sand brought with it
something round and shiny that rolled back again as the wave receded. The next
influx beached it clear, and Geddie picked it up. The thing was a long-necked ...
A miniature breaker, spreading with a soft "swish" upon the sand brought with it
something round and shiny that rolled back again as the wave receded. The next
influx beached it clear, and Geddie picked it up. The thing was a long-necked ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings Complete authorized edition of the works of O. Henry, O. Henry Complete edition of O. Henry, O. Henry O. Henry popular edition Volume 10 di Works, William Sidney Porter |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | Doubleday, Page, 1919 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Harvard University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 lug 2008 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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