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Page 66
... verandah of Schomberg's hotel . The lamentations of string instruments issued from the building in the hotel compound , the approaches to which were deco- rated with Japanese paper lanterns strung up between the trunks of several big ...
... verandah of Schomberg's hotel . The lamentations of string instruments issued from the building in the hotel compound , the approaches to which were deco- rated with Japanese paper lanterns strung up between the trunks of several big ...
Page 183
... verandah swiftly , and entered the twilight of the big central room opening upon it , and then the deeper twilight of the room beyond . She stood still in the dusk , in which her dazzled eyes could scarcely make out the forms of objects ...
... verandah swiftly , and entered the twilight of the big central room opening upon it , and then the deeper twilight of the room beyond . She stood still in the dusk , in which her dazzled eyes could scarcely make out the forms of objects ...
Page 243
... verandah . Sorry to keep you waiting for a mo ment ; the door is locked , I think . " He was heard trying it . Then he leaned against the rail , saying : " Wang will get the keys . " The others waited , two vague shapes nearly mingled ...
... verandah . Sorry to keep you waiting for a mo ment ; the door is locked , I think . " He was heard trying it . Then he leaned against the rail , saying : " Wang will get the keys . " The others waited , two vague shapes nearly mingled ...
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