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Pagina 39
He followed a street that led him along the border of the little plaza where a band
was playing and people were rambling , care - free and indolent . Some timorous
señoritas scurrying past with fire - flies tangled in the jetty braids of their hair ...
He followed a street that led him along the border of the little plaza where a band
was playing and people were rambling , care - free and indolent . Some timorous
señoritas scurrying past with fire - flies tangled in the jetty braids of their hair ...
Pagina 60
... there , no footprints to show where he had followed the trail of his mystery on
the sands of Coralio that night . He came ; he · spake his strange jargon of the
asphalt and the cafés ; he sat under the cocoanut - tree , 60 Cabbages and Kings
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... there , no footprints to show where he had followed the trail of his mystery on
the sands of Coralio that night . He came ; he · spake his strange jargon of the
asphalt and the cafés ; he sat under the cocoanut - tree , 60 Cabbages and Kings
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Pagina 65
Goodwin followed at increased speed , but without any of the artful tactics that are
so dear to the heart of the sleuth . The American was too broad to feel the instinct
of the detective . He stood as an agent for the people of Anchuria , and but for ...
Goodwin followed at increased speed , but without any of the artful tactics that are
so dear to the heart of the sleuth . The American was too broad to feel the instinct
of the detective . He stood as an agent for the people of Anchuria , and but for ...
Pagina 71
Returning his cigar to his mouth , Goodwin observed her , and saw that her eyes
followed it and rested upon it with icy and significant concentration . Apparently
she had not heard a word he had said . He understood , tossed the cigar out the ...
Returning his cigar to his mouth , Goodwin observed her , and saw that her eyes
followed it and rested upon it with icy and significant concentration . Apparently
she had not heard a word he had said . He understood , tossed the cigar out the ...
Pagina 78
A heavy fall followed , and some one swept him aside and struggled into the
room of the fallen man . A desolation , thought Goodwin , greater than that
derived from the loss of cavalier and gold must have been in the heart of the
enchantress to ...
A heavy fall followed , and some one swept him aside and struggled into the
room of the fallen man . A desolation , thought Goodwin , greater than that
derived from the loss of cavalier and gold must have been in the heart of the
enchantress to ...
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