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 427
... wilderness against the invaders , and he would be justified be- fore God and mankind . He had done what he could ; if he had to use force to make Bevers unload that prahu , it was not his fault , it was the fault of the East Indian ...
... wilderness against the invaders , and he would be justified be- fore God and mankind . He had done what he could ; if he had to use force to make Bevers unload that prahu , it was not his fault , it was the fault of the East Indian ...
Page 438
... wilderness had changed from a dark tangle of creepers and impenetrable shrubs into a twilit hunting field , hiding place of count- less living creatures . In the trees there were fruits with bitter juice that paralyzed the tongue and ...
... wilderness had changed from a dark tangle of creepers and impenetrable shrubs into a twilit hunting field , hiding place of count- less living creatures . In the trees there were fruits with bitter juice that paralyzed the tongue and ...
Page 448
... wilderness itself , a grunting stripped of humanity , part of the slow encirclement of that paralyzing , venomous hatred . The fourth night they did not sleep . Without betraying that they were consciously doing so , they helped one ...
... wilderness itself , a grunting stripped of humanity , part of the slow encirclement of that paralyzing , venomous hatred . The fourth night they did not sleep . Without betraying that they were consciously doing so , they helped one ...
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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