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 11
... smile with a sigh at the childish- ness of his own worries . She listened unruffled to his stories of Ostrovsky's curses and van Goor's sneers and Groen's senile blather ; she let him get rid of his pent - up confessions of ...
... smile with a sigh at the childish- ness of his own worries . She listened unruffled to his stories of Ostrovsky's curses and van Goor's sneers and Groen's senile blather ; she let him get rid of his pent - up confessions of ...
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... smile . But as he stared intently into her eyes , waiting for the fear he knew so well and that never failed to appear , his smile slowly disappeared , and he was overcome by a growing amazement , an incredulity , that became a feeling ...
... smile . But as he stared intently into her eyes , waiting for the fear he knew so well and that never failed to appear , his smile slowly disappeared , and he was overcome by a growing amazement , an incredulity , that became a feeling ...
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... smile of the humble civil servant and said : " Just as you wish , sire . I only wanted to protect you against the black sickness . " The smile had come the readier , because a splendid solution had struck him . With all those corpses ...
... smile of the humble civil servant and said : " Just as you wish , sire . I only wanted to protect you against the black sickness . " The smile had come the readier , because a splendid solution had struck him . With all those corpses ...
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