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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Page 122
... 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 Exaltine , a wonderful preparation . He was pretty far gone , but the ...
... 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 Exaltine , a wonderful preparation . He was pretty far gone , but the ...
Page 322
... happened to him in the meantime he would never write to Moira . For nothing had happened , nothing at all ; all he had done was to sit underneath his little awning , a sliding square of shadow in the scorching sun , until in the end he ...
... happened to him in the meantime he would never write to Moira . For nothing had happened , nothing at all ; all he had done was to sit underneath his little awning , a sliding square of shadow in the scorching sun , until in the end he ...
Page 367
... happened , nothing at all . When they stood side by side once more , watching the sick man , they both had the same crazy thought : it seemed as if the Papuans had had a spy inside the tent , and stopped their eye - witness account of ...
... happened , nothing at all . When they stood side by side once more , watching the sick man , they both had the same crazy thought : it seemed as if the Papuans had had a spy inside the tent , and stopped their eye - witness account of ...
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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