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 324
... months he had crammed twelve hours a day for his graduation , and he had gone through a com- plete transformation . He had become a man , he had said good - by to child- hood forever , three long months he had lived in a bitter ...
... months he had crammed twelve hours a day for his graduation , and he had gone through a com- plete transformation . He had become a man , he had said good - by to child- hood forever , three long months he had lived in a bitter ...
Page 380
... months when he found that note ; Ganwitz had probably left on his own expedition after receiv- ing the very same message written in lipstick . Ganwitz had left Mamawi three months ago ; if Flabbinga had been desperately ill three months ...
... months when he found that note ; Ganwitz had probably left on his own expedition after receiv- ing the very same message written in lipstick . Ganwitz had left Mamawi three months ago ; if Flabbinga had been desperately ill three months ...
Page 387
... month of civil war and a tiger trap . After that , the major had to talk seriously with him about the case of that body ... months , he had thought little about Bert , as if he had pitched the memory of her over- board together with the ...
... month of civil war and a tiger trap . After that , the major had to talk seriously with him about the case of that body ... months , he had thought little about Bert , as if he had pitched the memory of her over- board together with the ...
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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