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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... woman of the house - meaning Mrs Schomberg - would give him the facts , though unable to explain them , of course . ' What was there to explain ? ' wondered Davidson dubiously . ' He took a fancy to that fiddle - playing girl , and ...
... woman of the house - meaning Mrs Schomberg - would give him the facts , though unable to explain them , of course . ' What was there to explain ? ' wondered Davidson dubiously . ' He took a fancy to that fiddle - playing girl , and ...
Page 82
... woman sitting patiently in a chair , her toes peeping out under the edge of her night - dress , an amazingly small amount of hair on her head drooping on the long stalk of scraggy neck , with that everlasting scared grin showing a blue ...
... woman sitting patiently in a chair , her toes peeping out under the edge of her night - dress , an amazingly small amount of hair on her head drooping on the long stalk of scraggy neck , with that everlasting scared grin showing a blue ...
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... woman , in exchange for whom he had given away some considerable part of his hard - earned substance ; and his duty , in reason , could be to no - one but himself . The scuffle behind the curtain was a thing of bad augury for that ...
... woman , in exchange for whom he had given away some considerable part of his hard - earned substance ; and his duty , in reason , could be to no - one but himself . The scuffle behind the curtain was a thing of bad augury for that ...
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