I've been speaking. What of it?" "And you mean to say that he was your friend?" "You have heard enough to judge for yourself. You know as much of our connection as I know myself. The people in this part of the world went by appearances, and called us... Victory: An Island Tale - Page 229by Joseph Conrad - 1915 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...grass, and cast it away from him with a nervous gesture. "I gave in," he repeated. Looking towards him with a movement of her eyes only, the girl noticed...your talk," she cried. "You can't make fun of this." "Can't? Well, no, I can't. It's a pity. Perhaps it would have been the best way," said Heyst, in a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...swallowed painfully. "Of course it can't be. What name did you say? I didn't hear it properly." tioned Morrison. It's the name of that man of whom I've been...your talk," she cried. "You can't make fun of this." "Can't? Well, no, I can't. It's a pity. Perhaps it would have been the best way," said Heyst, in a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...swallowed painfully. "Of course it can't be. What name did you say? I didn't hear it properly." tioned Morrison. It's the name of that man of whom I've been...appearances, and called us friends, as far as I can remember. Appearances—what more, what better can you ask for? In fact you can't have better. You can't have... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 442 pages
...awakened in her mind and in her heart. But it soon passed away, leaving only a moody expression. s . "It's difficult to resist where nothing matters,'*...your talk," she cried. "You can't make fun of this." "Can't? Well, no, I can't. It's a pity. Perhaps it would have been the best way," said Heyst, in a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 442 pages
...been aware that he knew nothing of it, as in fact he didn't, well — I don't know what I couldliave done to stop him. In one way or another I should have...your talk," she cried. "You can't make fun of this." "Can't? Well, no, I can't. It's a pity. Perhaps it would have been the best way," said Heyst, in a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 432 pages
...swallowed painfully. "Of course it can't be. What name did you say? I didn't hear it properly." tioned Morrison. It's the name of that man of whom I've been...your talk," she cried. "You can't make fun of this." "Can't? Well, no, I can't. It's a pity. Perhaps it would have been the best way," said Heyst, in a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...swallowed painfully. "Of course it can't be. What name did you say? I didn't hear it properly." tioned Morrison. It's the name of that man of whom I've been...your talk," she cried. "You can't make fun of this." "Can't? Well, no, I can't. It's a pity. Perhaps it would have been the best way," said Heyst, in a... | |
| Muriel Clara Bradbrook - Novelists, English - 1942 - 100 pages
...199-200) The world went by appearance and called us friends, as far as I can remember. Appearance — what more, what better can you ask for? In fact, you can't have better. You can't have anything else. (Victory, p. 204) Consequently, paralysed by his stoic creed and his reflective habits — "the most... | |
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