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Page 98
... followed him via many outposts to catch up with him at last in a lunatic asylum in the upper Digul where smallpox had broken out . He had opened the envelope at night , alone at the night nurse's table at the crossing of the corridors ...
... followed him via many outposts to catch up with him at last in a lunatic asylum in the upper Digul where smallpox had broken out . He had opened the envelope at night , alone at the night nurse's table at the crossing of the corridors ...
Page 111
... followed Brits - Jansen across the empty , echoing moat , then a door knocker hammered on a studded gate . A ghost in white let them in , through a small door that opened unex- pectedly at the side . A swinging lantern beside two white ...
... followed Brits - Jansen across the empty , echoing moat , then a door knocker hammered on a studded gate . A ghost in white let them in , through a small door that opened unex- pectedly at the side . A swinging lantern beside two white ...
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... followed a note : No bottle today . Another one : Today again no bottle . Then followed a series of days without bottles , and in that sobriety , suddenly the realization : But I cannot surrender like this ! It is impossible that this ...
... followed a note : No bottle today . Another one : Today again no bottle . Then followed a series of days without bottles , and in that sobriety , suddenly the realization : But I cannot surrender like this ! It is impossible that this ...
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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