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 243
... jungle duty ; in their world a jungle assign- ment was a form of punishment for unsatisfactory work in Batavia . All this , however , was not enough to explain his inner decline . Batavia and its stifling atmosphere of bureaucracy would ...
... jungle duty ; in their world a jungle assign- ment was a form of punishment for unsatisfactory work in Batavia . All this , however , was not enough to explain his inner decline . Batavia and its stifling atmosphere of bureaucracy would ...
Page 247
... jungle duty , sir , ” he said , dully . " If I were to transfer you back to jungle duty , what would be your wife's attitude ? " He had forgotten about Els . " Oh , she won't mind , " he said . " I see . " When Dr. Kramer said that ...
... jungle duty , sir , ” he said , dully . " If I were to transfer you back to jungle duty , what would be your wife's attitude ? " He had forgotten about Els . " Oh , she won't mind , " he said . " I see . " When Dr. Kramer said that ...
Page 352
... jungle as if it were one gigantic living organism , which had been motionlessly watching them all those hours ; swarms of birds swooped out of the trees and the undergrowth , squawking and chattering , clouds of fiery butterflies ...
... jungle as if it were one gigantic living organism , which had been motionlessly watching them all those hours ; swarms of birds swooped out of the trees and the undergrowth , squawking and chattering , clouds of fiery butterflies ...
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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