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 18
... gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by from the westward , saw him with his own eyes . Some- thing white on the wharf ; so he ...
... gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by from the westward , saw him with his own eyes . Some- thing white on the wharf ; so he ...
Page 45
... gone to , after all these years ? Not a single soul belonging to him lived anywhere on earth . Of this fact - not such a remote one , after all - he had only lately become aware ; for it is failure that makes a man enter into himself ...
... gone to , after all these years ? Not a single soul belonging to him lived anywhere on earth . Of this fact - not such a remote one , after all - he had only lately become aware ; for it is failure that makes a man enter into himself ...
Page 161
... gone to climb out , ' Ricardo went on . ' I heard you walking along , though . I thought I shouted ; I tried to . You didn't hear me shout ? ' Heyst made an almost imperceptible negative sign , which the greedy eyes of Ricardo - greedy ...
... gone to climb out , ' Ricardo went on . ' I heard you walking along , though . I thought I shouted ; I tried to . You didn't hear me shout ? ' Heyst made an almost imperceptible negative sign , which the greedy eyes of Ricardo - greedy ...
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