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 164
... steps , white with flour . Underneath he saw a square door with a little barred window , a cellar . He would hide in the cellar . He crept over to the steps , opened the door , and found a dank hole with straw on the floor and a chain ...
... steps , white with flour . Underneath he saw a square door with a little barred window , a cellar . He would hide in the cellar . He crept over to the steps , opened the door , and found a dank hole with straw on the floor and a chain ...
Page 453
... steps . For there sat the boy , on the steps , his head in his hands , the arm of the old man round his shoulders . The Madurese , awakened by his exit , gathered silently behind him , peering over his shoulder . He felt Stegomyia press ...
... steps . For there sat the boy , on the steps , his head in his hands , the arm of the old man round his shoulders . The Madurese , awakened by his exit , gathered silently behind him , peering over his shoulder . He felt Stegomyia press ...
Page 458
... steps and stood staring at them while the boy pressed himself against him , trembling . Then the native drew slowly back , until he vanished in the darkness . There was an almost invisible blueness around them , the very first color of ...
... steps and stood staring at them while the boy pressed himself against him , trembling . Then the native drew slowly back , until he vanished in the darkness . There was an almost invisible blueness around them , the very first color of ...
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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