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Page 371
... clearing in front of the hut ; every evening , he carefully packed the instruments , the syringes , the ampoules , the cotton wool , the bandages that he had unpacked and arrayed on his table that morning . Then something arrived at ...
... clearing in front of the hut ; every evening , he carefully packed the instruments , the syringes , the ampoules , the cotton wool , the bandages that he had unpacked and arrayed on his table that morning . Then something arrived at ...
Page 399
... clearing to go to the latrine , he saw the dark tunnel of destiny again that led irrevocably towards the death of Bevers and the revolution of the Papuans ; back in the clearing , he relaxed again in his indolent fatalism . 399.
... clearing to go to the latrine , he saw the dark tunnel of destiny again that led irrevocably towards the death of Bevers and the revolution of the Papuans ; back in the clearing , he relaxed again in his indolent fatalism . 399.
Page 410
... clearing ; then he sat down on the steps and stared at the butterflies that danced over the flower bed . The smoke of the kitchen fire , still glowing from the night before , floated in a long flat wraith over the clearing and the ...
... clearing ; then he sat down on the steps and stared at the butterflies that danced over the flower bed . The smoke of the kitchen fire , still glowing from the night before , floated in a long flat wraith over the clearing and the ...
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Annema answered arrived asked Atjeh Banjermasin Batavia beer Bert Bert's Betsy Bevers body bottle boy's Breszezinska-Jansen Brits-Jansen Burubi Captain coolies cried darkness djongos doctor door drink Dutch East Indies eyes face fear feeling fell felt Flabbinga forest Frolick Ganwitz girl hair hand head heard Holland Homo Heidelbergensis hour Jansen Javanese jungle kiss knew Kramer Labuan lamp lepers leprosy letter listening looked Madurese Mamawi mandur Manokwari morning mosquito mouth native never night once opened panting Papuans parang Piet Kramer prahu pulled Rattan realized round rustling Salvarsan Salvation Army Salvationist screamed seemed shoulders silence sleep slowly smell smile smoke sound staring started Stegomyia stood suddenly Sultan talk Teddy thing thought took totok tried tuan turned underneath voice waiting wanted Waterreus whispered wilderness Willem witch doctor Witzenburg