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... darkness , surrounded by the sharp cones of floodlights shining down on barracks and warehouses that were the same the world over . As they were driven to Batavia in a taxi , Java was a lurching darkness , smelling of petrol , and in ...
... darkness , surrounded by the sharp cones of floodlights shining down on barracks and warehouses that were the same the world over . As they were driven to Batavia in a taxi , Java was a lurching darkness , smelling of petrol , and in ...
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... darkness of the tropical hothouse . The image of her silhouette came back to him with vividness , and he suddenly realized how similar the circumstances of the two conversations were . The moist heat , the darkness , the smell of hot ...
... darkness of the tropical hothouse . The image of her silhouette came back to him with vividness , and he suddenly realized how similar the circumstances of the two conversations were . The moist heat , the darkness , the smell of hot ...
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... darkness around the golden lights of the candle flame . Little stars moved in the darkness , in pairs ; one pair ran straight at him , shied away , and a small dark shape swung through the light . He knew it was a rat , and it spoiled ...
... darkness around the golden lights of the candle flame . Little stars moved in the darkness , in pairs ; one pair ran straight at him , shied away , and a small dark shape swung through the light . He knew it was a rat , and it spoiled ...
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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