VictoryOn a rare impulse Swedish Baron and rootless drifter Axel Heyst, rescues a sea captain from his debts. This uncharacteristic act of kindness has unimagined and tragic repercussions for many people, with the reader being left to decide the nature and attainability of ultimate victory. |
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Page 14
... Heyst's stride ! And all this sprang from the meeting of the cornered Morrison and of the wandering Heyst , which may or may not have been the direct outcome of a prayer . Morrison was not an imbecile , but he seemed to have got himself ...
... Heyst's stride ! And all this sprang from the meeting of the cornered Morrison and of the wandering Heyst , which may or may not have been the direct outcome of a prayer . Morrison was not an imbecile , but he seemed to have got himself ...
Page 120
... Heyst had remained where another would have been glad to be off . The excellent David- son had discovered the fact without discovering the reason , and took a humane interest in Heyst's strange existence , while at the same time his ...
... Heyst had remained where another would have been glad to be off . The excellent David- son had discovered the fact without discovering the reason , and took a humane interest in Heyst's strange existence , while at the same time his ...
Page 261
... Heyst with dispassionate con- tempt , ' you would have known before I had been five minutes in the room that I had no weapon of any sort on me . ' ' Possibly ; but pray keep your hands still . They are very well where they are . This is ...
... Heyst with dispassionate con- tempt , ' you would have known before I had been five minutes in the room that I had no weapon of any sort on me . ' ' Possibly ; but pray keep your hands still . They are very well where they are . This is ...
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