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 64
... turned away , to remount and flee back into the night . But the feeling of emptiness made him feel so lost and helpless that he turned round again , and went back to the woman who had bent down once more over the most horrible suffering ...
... turned away , to remount and flee back into the night . But the feeling of emptiness made him feel so lost and helpless that he turned round again , and went back to the woman who had bent down once more over the most horrible suffering ...
Page 146
... turned page tremble in his hand ; a corner of the piece of tin on which the picture of the beach was printed had come loose and rattled against the paper with a faint metallic sound . He turned the page and looked at the other side . A ...
... turned page tremble in his hand ; a corner of the piece of tin on which the picture of the beach was printed had come loose and rattled against the paper with a faint metallic sound . He turned the page and looked at the other side . A ...
Page 198
... turned round . " This is the second time you've pulled a fast one on me , " he growled . " Come here , dear boy . " Anton came . Brits - Jansen took him by the chin , turned his face toward the light and looked into his eyes with ...
... turned round . " This is the second time you've pulled a fast one on me , " he growled . " Come here , dear boy . " Anton came . Brits - Jansen took him by the chin , turned his face toward the light and looked into his eyes with ...
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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