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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... started ringing , and he led the way to the dining - room as if into a temple , very grave , with the air of a benefactor of mankind . His ambition was to feed it at a profitable price , and his delight was to talk of it behind its back ...
... started ringing , and he led the way to the dining - room as if into a temple , very grave , with the air of a benefactor of mankind . His ambition was to feed it at a profitable price , and his delight was to talk of it behind its back ...
Page 141
... started shouting , I could not help hearing . I wish I had never heard anything . If I had got up and gone out of the room I don't suppose the woman would have killed me for it ; but she would have rowed me in a nasty way . She would ...
... started shouting , I could not help hearing . I wish I had never heard anything . If I had got up and gone out of the room I don't suppose the woman would have killed me for it ; but she would have rowed me in a nasty way . She would ...
Page 247
... started yet ? ' ' Perhaps they are afraid of you , ' she whispered , looking down again . ' By Jove , it looks like it , ' he assented meditatively . " They do seem to hang back for some reason . Is that reason prudence , or down- right ...
... started yet ? ' ' Perhaps they are afraid of you , ' she whispered , looking down again . ' By Jove , it looks like it , ' he assented meditatively . " They do seem to hang back for some reason . Is that reason prudence , or down- right ...
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