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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... darkness , surrounded by the sharp cones of floodlights shining down on barracks and warehouses that were the same the world over . As they were driven to Batavia in a taxi , Java was a lurching darkness , smelling of petrol , and in ...
... darkness , surrounded by the sharp cones of floodlights shining down on barracks and warehouses that were the same the world over . As they were driven to Batavia in a taxi , Java was a lurching darkness , smelling of petrol , and in ...
Page 104
... darkness of the tropical hothouse . The image of her silhouette came back to him with vividness , and he suddenly realized how similar the circumstances of the two conversations were . The moist heat , the darkness , the smell of hot ...
... darkness of the tropical hothouse . The image of her silhouette came back to him with vividness , and he suddenly realized how similar the circumstances of the two conversations were . The moist heat , the darkness , the smell of hot ...
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... darkness . After a while , he no longer knew whether he was falling or fleeing , or running straight ahead or in a circle ; he stood still , and sat down by the roadside . The grass was wet with dew ; mist rose in ghostly wraiths from ...
... darkness . After a while , he no longer knew whether he was falling or fleeing , or running straight ahead or in a circle ; he stood still , and sat down by the roadside . The grass was wet with dew ; mist rose in ghostly wraiths from ...
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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