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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... silent that they could hear the foaming of the beer in the glasses ; a smoldering , fatiguing silence , throbbing with the hum of myriads of mosquitoes dancing in the darkness outside . They needed a lot of beer to chase that silence ...
... silent that they could hear the foaming of the beer in the glasses ; a smoldering , fatiguing silence , throbbing with the hum of myriads of mosquitoes dancing in the darkness outside . They needed a lot of beer to chase that silence ...
Page 187
... silence , a thudding , a drumming , it came crashing toward them , right across the wilderness ; she threw her arms round his neck , pressed herself against him , crying with fear ; and , while a horse and rider thundered by through the ...
... silence , a thudding , a drumming , it came crashing toward them , right across the wilderness ; she threw her arms round his neck , pressed herself against him , crying with fear ; and , while a horse and rider thundered by through the ...
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... silence , shrilly . " I - I'm sorry , captain , but I think this is shocking ! Yes , shocking ! Good night ... silent buildings in the starlight . How was it possible that during twenty - four hours he had been taken in by those two ...
... silence , shrilly . " I - I'm sorry , captain , but I think this is shocking ! Yes , shocking ! Good night ... silent buildings in the starlight . How was it possible that during twenty - four hours he had been taken in by those two ...
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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