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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... listening . Perhaps Sander , perhaps the girls ; perhaps all of them were listening on the landing to Betsy the Doll raping Silly Willem , who had come back as a sky pilot , wearing a peaked cap . " I am sorry I hit you , " she said ...
... listening . Perhaps Sander , perhaps the girls ; perhaps all of them were listening on the landing to Betsy the Doll raping Silly Willem , who had come back as a sky pilot , wearing a peaked cap . " I am sorry I hit you , " she said ...
Page 359
... listening , picking off leeches , swatting ants and crashing on his elbows with cries of pain as , once again , he was tripped up by a root or the loop of a creeper . Yet Zorgdrager had been right , for although he himself might shrivel ...
... listening , picking off leeches , swatting ants and crashing on his elbows with cries of pain as , once again , he was tripped up by a root or the loop of a creeper . Yet Zorgdrager had been right , for although he himself might shrivel ...
Page 448
... listening with their eyes glistening in the lamplight . The harder they listened and the more silent they became , the more they heard : strange flutelike warblings wandered through the night , a huge , panting breath seemed to heave ...
... listening with their eyes glistening in the lamplight . The harder they listened and the more silent they became , the more they heard : strange flutelike warblings wandered through the night , a huge , panting breath seemed to heave ...
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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