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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... leave in protest after old Professor Potjer , a notoriously dirty old man , had dwelt too insistently on the potency of the pygmy males , and how old Potjer had said , as they were about to file out : " Come , come , ladies , not so ...
... leave in protest after old Professor Potjer , a notoriously dirty old man , had dwelt too insistently on the potency of the pygmy males , and how old Potjer had said , as they were about to file out : " Come , come , ladies , not so ...
Page 380
... leave after I had sent on that telegram to you . " " Why ? " Anton asked , with a sinking feeling in his stomach . " Just like that , " Kramer replied . " A hunch . " " But my time isn't up yet . I've got another year to go . " Dr ...
... leave after I had sent on that telegram to you . " " Why ? " Anton asked , with a sinking feeling in his stomach . " Just like that , " Kramer replied . " A hunch . " " But my time isn't up yet . I've got another year to go . " Dr ...
Page 419
... leave Mamawi to someone else . " " Who , for instance ? " Anton asked calmly . " If I have my way , " said Bevers ... leave your work after just getting started , but that I considered the state of your health to be such that I had to ...
... leave Mamawi to someone else . " " Who , for instance ? " Anton asked calmly . " If I have my way , " said Bevers ... leave your work after just getting started , but that I considered the state of your health to be such that I had to ...
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