The Spiral RoadNovel relating the present and past of a group of men and women, doctors and missionaries, working in the jungles of Borneo. |
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... answer . " Tell what matter Sultan . . . . " the patient whispered . " Tell what illness Sultan suffers . ... " Brits - Jansen slapped the little man's buttocks , answered : " Nothing , " and got to his feet . " You'd better get up ...
... answer . " Tell what matter Sultan . . . . " the patient whispered . " Tell what illness Sultan suffers . ... " Brits - Jansen slapped the little man's buttocks , answered : " Nothing , " and got to his feet . " You'd better get up ...
Page 90
... answered . Brits - Jansen took it like a man . He must have swallowed several times before he said : " I see . " Then he made a move as if to throw his stick away , but , glancing sideways at his assistant , obviously thought better of ...
... answered . Brits - Jansen took it like a man . He must have swallowed several times before he said : " I see . " Then he made a move as if to throw his stick away , but , glancing sideways at his assistant , obviously thought better of ...
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... answered , surprised . " Has Dr. Jansen told you ? " " He hasn't , but I happened to overhear a conversation from which I gathered that the Captain was a prostate sufferer . " " He is , " said the young man . " Thank Heaven we have this ...
... answered , surprised . " Has Dr. Jansen told you ? " " He hasn't , but I happened to overhear a conversation from which I gathered that the Captain was a prostate sufferer . " " He is , " said the young man . " Thank Heaven we have this ...
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Annema answered arrived asked Atjeh Banjermasin Batavia beer Bert Bert's Betsy Bevers body bottle boy's breath Breszezinska-Jansen Brits-Jansen Burubi Captain coolies darkness djongos doctor door drink eyes face fear feeling fell felt Flabbinga forest Frolick Ganwitz girl hair hand head heard Holland Homo heidelbergensis hour Jansen Javanese jungle kiss knew Kramer Labuan lamp lepers leprosy letter light listening looked Madurese Mamawi mandur Manokwari morning mosquito mouth native never night once opened panting Papuans parang Piet Kramer prahu Promoted to glory pulled Rattan realized rustling Salvarsan Salvation Army Salvationist screamed seemed shoulders silence sleep slowly smell smile smoke sound staring started Stegomyia stood suddenly Sultan talk Teddy thing thought took totok tried tuan underneath voice waiting wanted Waterreus whispered wilderness Willem witch doctor Witzenburg