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... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoul der for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into ...
... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoul der for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into ...
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... staring at the poster , a door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As some- body remarked cynically once , she was too unattractive to be anything else . The ...
... staring at the poster , a door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As some- body remarked cynically once , she was too unattractive to be anything else . The ...
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... staring fixedly in front of her , her silence disconcerted Davidson . It looked as if she had not heard him - which was impossi- ble . Perhaps she drew the line of speech at the expression of opinions . Schomberg might have trained her ...
... staring fixedly in front of her , her silence disconcerted Davidson . It looked as if she had not heard him - which was impossi- ble . Perhaps she drew the line of speech at the expression of opinions . Schomberg might have trained her ...
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... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not understand what he said . One could not tell what nationality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was astonished almost ...
... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not understand what he said . One could not tell what nationality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was astonished almost ...
Page 66
... stare , and a quiet final " All right , " steadied her . “ I am not rich enough to buy you out , " he went on , speaking with an extraordinary detached grin , “ even if it were to be done ; but I can always steal you . " She looked at ...
... stare , and a quiet final " All right , " steadied her . “ I am not rich enough to buy you out , " he went on , speaking with an extraordinary detached grin , “ even if it were to be done ; but I can always steal you . " She looked at ...
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