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Since this Note is mostly concerned with personal contacts and the origins of the
persons in the tale, I am bound also to speak of Lena, because if I were to leave
her out it would look like a slight; and nothing would be further from my thoughts ...
Since this Note is mostly concerned with personal contacts and the origins of the
persons in the tale, I am bound also to speak of Lena, because if I were to leave
her out it would look like a slight; and nothing would be further from my thoughts ...
Page 23
It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the Enemy. He was
very concrete, very visible now. He was rushing all over the Archipelago, jumping
in and out of local mail-packets as if they had been tramcars, here, there, and ...
It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the Enemy. He was
very concrete, very visible now. He was rushing all over the Archipelago, jumping
in and out of local mail-packets as if they had been tramcars, here, there, and ...
Page 27
He isn't the sort of man one can speak familiarly to. There's something in him.
One doesn't care to. “'But what's the object? Are you thinking of keeping
possession of the mine?' I asked him. “'Something of the sort, he says. “I am
keeping hold.
He isn't the sort of man one can speak familiarly to. There's something in him.
One doesn't care to. “'But what's the object? Are you thinking of keeping
possession of the mine?' I asked him. “'Something of the sort, he says. “I am
keeping hold.
Page 29
To me, on occasions, he would say: “I haven't a doubt he's there. He hides. It's
very unpleasant.” Davidson was a little vexed with Heyst. “Funny thing,” he went
on. “Of all the people I speak to, nobody ever asks after him but that Chinaman of
...
To me, on occasions, he would say: “I haven't a doubt he's there. He hides. It's
very unpleasant.” Davidson was a little vexed with Heyst. “Funny thing,” he went
on. “Of all the people I speak to, nobody ever asks after him but that Chinaman of
...
Page 39
Davidson viewed her profile with a flattened nose, a hollow cheek, and one
staring, unwinking, goggle eye. He asked himself: Did that speak just now? Will it
speak again? It was as exciting, for the mere wonder of it, as trying to converse
with a ...
Davidson viewed her profile with a flattened nose, a hollow cheek, and one
staring, unwinking, goggle eye. He asked himself: Did that speak just now? Will it
speak again? It was as exciting, for the mere wonder of it, as trying to converse
with a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Victory The modern library of the world's best books The modern library |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Random House, 1915 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 13 Aug 2015 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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