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Page 74
... surprised , open gaze , self- consciousness growing on them so slowly that it was a long time before they averted their eyes ; and very soon they met again , temporarily , only to rebound , as it were . At last they steadied in contact ...
... surprised , open gaze , self- consciousness growing on them so slowly that it was a long time before they averted their eyes ; and very soon they met again , temporarily , only to rebound , as it were . At last they steadied in contact ...
Page 177
... surprised Heyst by its air of youth , be- cause he remembered his father as a much older man ' a lot of small objects , such as candlesticks , inkstands , and statuettes from his father's study , which surprised him because they looked ...
... surprised Heyst by its air of youth , be- cause he remembered his father as a much older man ' a lot of small objects , such as candlesticks , inkstands , and statuettes from his father's study , which surprised him because they looked ...
Page 371
... surprised to feel two arms falling on his shoulders . " I thought that you- - " he began . " Yes , yes ! " the girl whispered hastily . She neither clung to him , nor yet did she try to draw him to her . Her hands grasped his shoulders ...
... surprised to feel two arms falling on his shoulders . " I thought that you- - " he began . " Yes , yes ! " the girl whispered hastily . She neither clung to him , nor yet did she try to draw him to her . Her hands grasped his shoulders ...
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