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 81
... sight , the inside of Schomberg's concert - hall , encumbered at one end by a great stack of chairs piled up on and about the musicians ' platform , and lighted at the other by two dozen candles disposed about a long trestle table ...
... sight , the inside of Schomberg's concert - hall , encumbered at one end by a great stack of chairs piled up on and about the musicians ' platform , and lighted at the other by two dozen candles disposed about a long trestle table ...
Page 162
... sight tougher than the toughest alligator he ever skinned in the good old days . You don't know how much he can stand : I do . We have tried him long time ago . Olà , there ! Pedro ! Pedro ! ' he yelled , with a force of lung testifying ...
... sight tougher than the toughest alligator he ever skinned in the good old days . You don't know how much he can stand : I do . We have tried him long time ago . Olà , there ! Pedro ! Pedro ! ' he yelled , with a force of lung testifying ...
Page 277
... sight . Heyst uttered no word of recognition or sur- prise . He gave Davidson only a dumb look of unutterable awe ; then , as if possessed with a sudden fury , started tearing open the front of the girl's dress . She remained insensible ...
... sight . Heyst uttered no word of recognition or sur- prise . He gave Davidson only a dumb look of unutterable awe ; then , as if possessed with a sudden fury , started tearing open the front of the girl's dress . She remained insensible ...
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