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 153
... pulled at her hat , then she embraced a man with a pig's mask beside her . " Good - by , Betsy , " he said . Then he turned round , went to the door of the staircase , opened it , shut it , and stood alone in the darkness . At the ...
... pulled at her hat , then she embraced a man with a pig's mask beside her . " Good - by , Betsy , " he said . Then he turned round , went to the door of the staircase , opened it , shut it , and stood alone in the darkness . At the ...
Page 352
... pulled together at the hissed command of their corporal , and toppled backward when the jetty collapsed with a muffled creaking in a cloud of ant powder . The crash seemed to rouse the sur- rounding jungle as if it were one gigantic ...
... pulled together at the hissed command of their corporal , and toppled backward when the jetty collapsed with a muffled creaking in a cloud of ant powder . The crash seemed to rouse the sur- rounding jungle as if it were one gigantic ...
Page 410
... pulled the triggers . The explosion struck him in the face ; he recoiled , stumbled , crashed to the floor and sank ... pulled at its legs , something fell with a thud and a clatter inside the hut . He swallowed , and pulled again . He ...
... pulled the triggers . The explosion struck him in the face ; he recoiled , stumbled , crashed to the floor and sank ... pulled at its legs , something fell with a thud and a clatter inside the hut . He swallowed , and pulled again . He ...
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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