...out of its sheath — a short, broad, cruel, doubleedged blade with a bone handle — and only than looked down at it. "A good friend," he said simply....paradise, extracted, safe in her possession — and its head all but lying under her heel. Ricardo, stretched on the mats of the floor, crept closer and...

...enchantingly. "Will you let me have a look at it?" Without taking his eyes from her face, he pulled the fcnife out of its sheath — a short, broad, cruel, doubleedged...paradise, extracted, safe in her possession — and its head all but lying under her heel. Ricardo, stretched on the mats of the floor, crept closer and...

...when she bent forward to receive it from him, there was a flash of fire in her mysterious eyes—a red gleam in the white mist which wrapped the promptings...the viper in her paradise, extracted, safe in her possession—and the viper's head all but lying under her heel. Ricardo, stretched on the mats of the...

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...moment when she bent forward to receive it from him, there was a flash of fire in her mysterious eyes~a red gleam in the white mist which wrapped the promptings...and the viper's head all but lying under her heel. (V 375) Im Gegensatz zu Lenas religiös erleuchteter Bestimmung stellt sich für Heyst die Lage keineswegs...

...in me' (p. 133), and Lena's temptation by, and victory over, Ricardo, couched in biblical language: 'The very sting of death was in her hands; the venom...paradise, extracted, safe in her possession — and its head all but lying under her heel' (p. 299). Most interestingly, the novel has been thought to...