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 176
... stopping , for nine hours , and arrived at dawn ; the blue boy stumbled into the ruins that were left of the post ... stopped singing and gaped at him from the tangle of streamers , the brass embrace of their tubas . She took the beer ...
... stopping , for nine hours , and arrived at dawn ; the blue boy stumbled into the ruins that were left of the post ... stopped singing and gaped at him from the tangle of streamers , the brass embrace of their tubas . She took the beer ...
Page 281
... stopped the car and got out ; he even believed it when he opened the door to the bedroom . But when he saw her , he staggered under the sudden onslaught of such surging fury that all he could say was " What possessed you to write ...
... stopped the car and got out ; he even believed it when he opened the door to the bedroom . But when he saw her , he staggered under the sudden onslaught of such surging fury that all he could say was " What possessed you to write ...
Page 332
... stopped at the edge of the jungle , still uncertain of where the sound came from . Somewhere , something lay decomposing ; that was the terrible stench . “ Oh , when shall I behold Thy face , Thou Majesty divine ? . . . ” He went into ...
... stopped at the edge of the jungle , still uncertain of where the sound came from . Somewhere , something lay decomposing ; that was the terrible stench . “ Oh , when shall I behold Thy face , Thou Majesty divine ? . . . ” He went into ...
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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