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 93
... gentleman ! A gentleman isn't to be sized up so easily . Even I ain't up to it some- times . For instance , that night , all he did was to waggle his finger at me . The skipper stops his silly chatter , surprised . " " Eh ? What's the ...
... gentleman ! A gentleman isn't to be sized up so easily . Even I ain't up to it some- times . For instance , that night , all he did was to waggle his finger at me . The skipper stops his silly chatter , surprised . " " Eh ? What's the ...
Page 100
... gentleman . A dog knows a gentleman - any dog . It's only some foreigners that don't know ; and nothing can teach them , either . ' ' And you mean to say , ' asked Schomberg , disregarding what might have been annoying for himself in ...
... gentleman . A dog knows a gentleman - any dog . It's only some foreigners that don't know ; and nothing can teach them , either . ' ' And you mean to say , ' asked Schomberg , disregarding what might have been annoying for himself in ...
Page 103
... gentleman . I am no daily- bread slave . But when he has said , " Martin , I am bored , " then look out ! There's nothing to do but to shut up , confound it ! ' Schomberg , very much cast down , had listened open - mouthed . ' What's ...
... gentleman . I am no daily- bread slave . But when he has said , " Martin , I am bored , " then look out ! There's nothing to do but to shut up , confound it ! ' Schomberg , very much cast down , had listened open - mouthed . ' What's ...
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