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Page xiii
... sight of the low , pestilential , mangrove - lined coast of our destination . The excellent Father Superior mentioned to me with an air of immense commiseration : " The poor man has left a young daughter . " Who was to look after her I ...
... sight of the low , pestilential , mangrove - lined coast of our destination . The excellent Father Superior mentioned to me with an air of immense commiseration : " The poor man has left a young daughter . " Who was to look after her I ...
Page xv
... sight I naturally ( be- ing idle ) continued to look at the girl through all the sec- ond part of the programme . The shape of her dark head inclined over the violin was fascinating , and , while resting between the pieces of that ...
... sight I naturally ( be- ing idle ) continued to look at the girl through all the sec- ond part of the programme . The shape of her dark head inclined over the violin was fascinating , and , while resting between the pieces of that ...
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... sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing of it appear in his bearing , concealing his impression under that consummate good - society manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was ...
... sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing of it appear in his bearing , concealing his impression under that consummate good - society manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was ...
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... sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of " these isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon - to cannibals or to cafés . The enchanted Heyst ! Had he at last broken the spell ? Had ...
... sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of " these isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon - to cannibals or to cafés . The enchanted Heyst ! Had he at last broken the spell ? Had ...
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Joseph Conrad. But apparently Heyst was not a hermit by temperament . The sight of his kind was not invincibly odious to him . We must believe this , since for some reason or other he did come out from his retreat for a while . Perhaps ...
Joseph Conrad. But apparently Heyst was not a hermit by temperament . The sight of his kind was not invincibly odious to him . We must believe this , since for some reason or other he did come out from his retreat for a while . Perhaps ...
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