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 194
... eyes lingered on that building . The girl would surely be easier to ' size up ' than Heyst . A sight of her , a mere glimpse , would have been something to go by , a step nearer to the goal the first real move , in fact . Ricardo saw no ...
... eyes lingered on that building . The girl would surely be easier to ' size up ' than Heyst . A sight of her , a mere glimpse , would have been something to go by , a step nearer to the goal the first real move , in fact . Ricardo saw no ...
Page 207
... eyes , her fortitude tired out , her imagination as if dead within her and unable to keep her fear alive . Heyst moved about aimlessly in the other room . This sound roused her exhausted wits . At once she began to think , hear , see ...
... eyes , her fortitude tired out , her imagination as if dead within her and unable to keep her fear alive . Heyst moved about aimlessly in the other room . This sound roused her exhausted wits . At once she began to think , hear , see ...
Page 277
... eyes . At the moment when her eye- lids fell as if smitten from above by an invisible power , he snatched her up bodily out of the chair , and disregarding an unexpected metallic clatter on the floor , carried her off into the other ...
... eyes . At the moment when her eye- lids fell as if smitten from above by an invisible power , he snatched her up bodily out of the chair , and disregarding an unexpected metallic clatter on the floor , carried her off into the other ...
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