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 48
... round . The real Anton Zorgdrager no longer floated over the jungle , connected with the body underneath the awning ... round now to flee : climbing plants would sneak up his body , growing with soft , groping tendrils , creeping round ...
... round . The real Anton Zorgdrager no longer floated over the jungle , connected with the body underneath the awning ... round now to flee : climbing plants would sneak up his body , growing with soft , groping tendrils , creeping round ...
Page 88
... round and ran back into the village ; a few seconds later a great shouting and drumming sounded in the distance . Anton was waiting for the rats to appear , when he heard a voice say : " Well , this ought to do it . " He looked round ...
... round and ran back into the village ; a few seconds later a great shouting and drumming sounded in the distance . Anton was waiting for the rats to appear , when he heard a voice say : " Well , this ought to do it . " He looked round ...
Page 369
... round ; there was no one in the clearing except himself and the sleeping Flabbinga on his stretcher ; the soldiers were gone , to carry the luggage into the prahu . A twig snapped overhead , and he looked up swiftly , but there was ...
... round ; there was no one in the clearing except himself and the sleeping Flabbinga on his stretcher ; the soldiers were gone , to carry the luggage into the prahu . A twig snapped overhead , and he looked up swiftly , but there was ...
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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