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 91
... didn't trouble my head about them , forgot all about it till that very moment . Nothing strange in seeing drift - logs off a coast like that ; and I'm hanged if the skipper didn't make one out in the wake of the moon . Strange what a ...
... didn't trouble my head about them , forgot all about it till that very moment . Nothing strange in seeing drift - logs off a coast like that ; and I'm hanged if the skipper didn't make one out in the wake of the moon . Strange what a ...
Page 95
... didn't need to spy one of them sharpening a devilish long knife behind some bushes , while glancing right and left with his wild eyes , to know what was in the wind . Pedro was standing by , trying the edge of another long knife . They ...
... didn't need to spy one of them sharpening a devilish long knife behind some bushes , while glancing right and left with his wild eyes , to know what was in the wind . Pedro was standing by , trying the edge of another long knife . They ...
Page 96
... didn't bother him then ; but I wasn't likely to forget them two fellows , so business - like with their knives . At that time we had only one revolver between us two the governor's six - shooter , but loaded only in five chambers ; and ...
... didn't bother him then ; but I wasn't likely to forget them two fellows , so business - like with their knives . At that time we had only one revolver between us two the governor's six - shooter , but loaded only in five chambers ; and ...
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