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Page xiv
... turned his back on me and walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the Island of St. Thomas in the West Indies ( in the year '75 ) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs , all alone in the loud buzzing ...
... turned his back on me and walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the Island of St. Thomas in the West Indies ( in the year '75 ) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs , all alone in the loud buzzing ...
Page xv
... time he kept one ear turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . surprised to hear that AUTHOR'S NOTE XV.
... time he kept one ear turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . surprised to hear that AUTHOR'S NOTE XV.
Page xviii
... turned her head to gaze at me and said " Merci , Monsieur , " in a tone in which there was no grati- tude but only surprise . I must have been idle indeed to take the trouble to remark on such slight evidence that the voice was very ...
... turned her head to gaze at me and said " Merci , Monsieur , " in a tone in which there was no grati- tude but only surprise . I must have been idle indeed to take the trouble to remark on such slight evidence that the voice was very ...
Page 8
... Turning with that finished courtesy of attitude , movement , voice , which was his obvious characteristic , he had said with delicate playfulness : " Come along and quench your thirst with us , Mr. McNab ! " Perhaps that was it . A man ...
... Turning with that finished courtesy of attitude , movement , voice , which was his obvious characteristic , he had said with delicate playfulness : " Come along and quench your thirst with us , Mr. McNab ! " Perhaps that was it . A man ...
Page 10
... turned up in Timor . Why in Timor , of all places in the world , no one knows . Well , he was mooning about Delli , that highly pestilential place , possibly in search of some undiscovered facts , when he came in the street upon ...
... turned up in Timor . Why in Timor , of all places in the world , no one knows . Well , he was mooning about Delli , that highly pestilential place , possibly in search of some undiscovered facts , when he came in the street upon ...
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