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 57
... remembered was the fear ; he remembered it so vividly that it almost became real once more . Then he started to recognize the bends in the river , the rapids , the twittering birds of dawn and dusk , and the chattering monkeys following ...
... remembered was the fear ; he remembered it so vividly that it almost became real once more . Then he started to recognize the bends in the river , the rapids , the twittering birds of dawn and dusk , and the chattering monkeys following ...
Page 324
... remembered now was that he had gone for a sail after all . If he remembered rightly , Wim Pelt had come upstairs , had somehow managed to persuade him to go , and that one afternoon had grown into a mad week of stupid and loutish ...
... remembered now was that he had gone for a sail after all . If he remembered rightly , Wim Pelt had come upstairs , had somehow managed to persuade him to go , and that one afternoon had grown into a mad week of stupid and loutish ...
Page 326
... remembered what Brits - Jansen had asked . It had been a low trick , but he could not resist it . " Show her to me , " he said , putting out his hand . The boy stared at him incredulously , then put his hand almost automat- ically into ...
... remembered what Brits - Jansen had asked . It had been a low trick , but he could not resist it . " Show her to me , " he said , putting out his hand . The boy stared at him incredulously , then put his hand almost automat- ically into ...
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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