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Page 246
I have been thinking that it is just as well you had no light . But wasn ' t it dull for
you to sit in the dark ? ” “ I don ' t need a light to think of you . ” Her charming voice
gave a value to this banal answer , which had also the merit of truth .
I have been thinking that it is just as well you had no light . But wasn ' t it dull for
you to sit in the dark ? ” “ I don ' t need a light to think of you . ” Her charming voice
gave a value to this banal answer , which had also the merit of truth .
Page 248
No faint glow of embers , not the slightest thread of light in that direction , hinted
at the presence of strangers . The darker shapes in the obscurity , the dead
silence , betrayed nothing of that strange intrusion . The peace of Samburan
asserted ...
No faint glow of embers , not the slightest thread of light in that direction , hinted
at the presence of strangers . The darker shapes in the obscurity , the dead
silence , betrayed nothing of that strange intrusion . The peace of Samburan
asserted ...
Page 373
The sense of the heavy , brooding silence in the outside world seemed to enter
and fill the room — the oppressive infinity of it , without breath , without light . It
was as if the heart of hearts had ceased to beat and the end of all things had
come .
The sense of the heavy , brooding silence in the outside world seemed to enter
and fill the room — the oppressive infinity of it , without breath , without light . It
was as if the heart of hearts had ceased to beat and the end of all things had
come .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Victory Volume 15 of Complete Works, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1926 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Aug 2010 |
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