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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... hand pointed at him . It so petrified him with terror that he forgot the candle flame until it had come very close , and a face came between him and the hand . He looked at the face , lit from below , and saw it was she . Two little ...
... hand pointed at him . It so petrified him with terror that he forgot the candle flame until it had come very close , and a face came between him and the hand . He looked at the face , lit from below , and saw it was she . Two little ...
Page 163
... hand . He jumped and ran on again , fleeing from the hand ; he ran through alleys , archways , streets , across squares and bridges , until he was trapped unawares in a courtyard and collapsed underneath a cart . He crouched there ...
... hand . He jumped and ran on again , fleeing from the hand ; he ran through alleys , archways , streets , across squares and bridges , until he was trapped unawares in a courtyard and collapsed underneath a cart . He crouched there ...
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... hand over the mail and his luggage gave him the chance to look away . He saw the brown hands grab , heave up and reach over , he saw other brown hands grabbing the bag , then the first of the tins came up . The moment his mandur reached ...
... hand over the mail and his luggage gave him the chance to look away . He saw the brown hands grab , heave up and reach over , he saw other brown hands grabbing the bag , then the first of the tins came up . The moment his mandur reached ...
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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