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... Pedro , Heyst , the man of universal detachment , loses his mental self - possession , that fine attitude before the universally irremediable which wears the name of stoicism . It is all a matter of proportion . There should have been a ...
... Pedro , Heyst , the man of universal detachment , loses his mental self - possession , that fine attitude before the universally irremediable which wears the name of stoicism . It is all a matter of proportion . There should have been a ...
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... the end got mixed up with an earthquake and so I had no time to give to Ricardo . The reader need not be told that I have not forgotten him , though . My contact with the faithful Pedro was much shorter and AUTHOR'S NOTE.
... the end got mixed up with an earthquake and so I had no time to give to Ricardo . The reader need not be told that I have not forgotten him , though . My contact with the faithful Pedro was much shorter and AUTHOR'S NOTE.
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... Pedro never . The impression was less vivid . I got away from him too quickly . It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world - so natural that I offer no ...
... Pedro never . The impression was less vivid . I got away from him too quickly . It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world - so natural that I offer no ...
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... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes - I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help my- self . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he ...
... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes - I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help my- self . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he ...
Page 95
... want to make a success of it . Very good . That's the way to get on . Don't let it disturb you . You chase all the Chinamen to bed early , and we'll get Pedro here every evening . He isn't the conventional waiter's cut , VICTORY 95.
... want to make a success of it . Very good . That's the way to get on . Don't let it disturb you . You chase all the Chinamen to bed early , and we'll get Pedro here every evening . He isn't the conventional waiter's cut , VICTORY 95.
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