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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... side by side while the goat cart , bucking and swaying , rushed downhill , toward a bar . « « « The coaster Henny was a shabby ship with two thin funnels side by side , leaning backward like the ears of an angry mare . The captain ...
... side by side while the goat cart , bucking and swaying , rushed downhill , toward a bar . « « « The coaster Henny was a shabby ship with two thin funnels side by side , leaning backward like the ears of an angry mare . The captain ...
Page 187
... side to side , from side to side , but the unbearable delight had turned into unbearable pain , as the bell struck . He stood up , wanted to shake her , to wake her up , but a hand touched his shoulder . " You'd better go now , " said a ...
... side to side , from side to side , but the unbearable delight had turned into unbearable pain , as the bell struck . He stood up , wanted to shake her , to wake her up , but a hand touched his shoulder . " You'd better go now , " said a ...
Page 189
... side to side with her eyes closed , from side to side , from side to side , in the halo of her hair , spread out on the pillow . " Dearest , " he cried , and shook her , but she did not answer . She rolled her head from side to side ...
... side to side with her eyes closed , from side to side , from side to side , in the halo of her hair , spread out on the pillow . " Dearest , " he cried , and shook her , but she did not answer . She rolled her head from side to side ...
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