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 38
... remarked Davidson . The strangeness from which he had suffered , merely because his interlocutor had carried off a girl , wore off as the minutes went by . " There's a lot of unex- pectedness about women , ' he generalised with a ...
... remarked Davidson . The strangeness from which he had suffered , merely because his interlocutor had carried off a girl , wore off as the minutes went by . " There's a lot of unex- pectedness about women , ' he generalised with a ...
Page 115
... remarked : ' Steer northeast for fifty hours , eh ? That's not much of a sailing direction . I've heard of a port being missed before on better infor- mation . Can't you say what sort of landfall a fellow may expect ? But I suppose you ...
... remarked : ' Steer northeast for fifty hours , eh ? That's not much of a sailing direction . I've heard of a port being missed before on better infor- mation . Can't you say what sort of landfall a fellow may expect ? But I suppose you ...
Page 121
... remarked Wang unemotionally , and marched off , turning his back on the wharf and the great world beyond , represented by the steamer waiting for her boats . Heyst learned presently that Wang had persuaded one of the women of the Alfuro ...
... remarked Wang unemotionally , and marched off , turning his back on the wharf and the great world beyond , represented by the steamer waiting for her boats . Heyst learned presently that Wang had persuaded one of the women of the Alfuro ...
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