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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... stood watching him . He looked up at her over the edge of the bowl and saw something glint on her collar . It was a brass S. Only then did he realize that it was not " Daisy , Daisy " that ... stood still . The boy stood 166 THE SPIRAL ROAD.
... stood watching him . He looked up at her over the edge of the bowl and saw something glint on her collar . It was a brass S. Only then did he realize that it was not " Daisy , Daisy " that ... stood still . The boy stood 166 THE SPIRAL ROAD.
Page 188
... stood up by the fire with that old terror in her eyes , he recognized the sound , galloping toward them from the darkness . She stood up behind the flames as if she were rising from them , and her eyes were those of a martyr at the ...
... stood up by the fire with that old terror in her eyes , he recognized the sound , galloping toward them from the darkness . She stood up behind the flames as if she were rising from them , and her eyes were those of a martyr at the ...
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... stood watching him , then he went to the washroom , where the boy's shadow waited in front of the door . Afterward he went to change in his office ; the boy's silhouette stood waiting behind the curtain . A quarter of an hour before ...
... stood watching him , then he went to the washroom , where the boy's shadow waited in front of the door . Afterward he went to change in his office ; the boy's silhouette stood waiting behind the curtain . A quarter of an hour before ...
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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