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 48
... sort of word could it have been to make the girl jump up so swiftly ? Heyst , at his table , was surprised into a sympathetic start . He glanced quickly round . Nobody was looking towards the plat- form ; and when his eyes swept back ...
... sort of word could it have been to make the girl jump up so swiftly ? Heyst , at his table , was surprised into a sympathetic start . He glanced quickly round . Nobody was looking towards the plat- form ; and when his eyes swept back ...
Page 77
... sort of menace from beyond the grave . ' He's a gentleman , ' testified Martin Ricardo with a sudden snap of the lips , after which his moustaches stirred by themselves in an odd , feline manner . ' Oh , I wasn't thinking of that ...
... sort of menace from beyond the grave . ' He's a gentleman , ' testified Martin Ricardo with a sudden snap of the lips , after which his moustaches stirred by themselves in an odd , feline manner . ' Oh , I wasn't thinking of that ...
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... sort of thing so uni- versally human that it might be said of anybody ? ' ' It wasn't murder , ' she insisted earnestly . ' I know . I understand . It was worse . As to killing a man , which would be a comparatively decent thing to do ...
... sort of thing so uni- versally human that it might be said of anybody ? ' ' It wasn't murder , ' she insisted earnestly . ' I know . I understand . It was worse . As to killing a man , which would be a comparatively decent thing to do ...
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