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... happened ? The clock in the dining room struck eight . On he fled , on , on - out of Batavia , through Meester Cornelis , on to Bekasi ; pursued by that one , desperate question : what , in God's name , had happened ? How could he have ...
... happened ? The clock in the dining room struck eight . On he fled , on , on - out of Batavia , through Meester Cornelis , on to Bekasi ; pursued by that one , desperate question : what , in God's name , had happened ? How could he have ...
Page 300
... happened to him in the meantime he would never write to Moira . For nothing had happened , nothing at all ; all he had done was to sit underneath his little awning , a sliding square of shadow in the scorching sun , until in the end he ...
... happened to him in the meantime he would never write to Moira . For nothing had happened , nothing at all ; all he had done was to sit underneath his little awning , a sliding square of shadow in the scorching sun , until in the end he ...
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... happened . Minutes later , the prahus sailed down the creek , towards the open sea , and Post Mamawi lay deserted ... happening behind the opaque shields of those grey eyes , that looked almost blind sometimes , blinded by the bush , by ...
... happened . Minutes later , the prahus sailed down the creek , towards the open sea , and Post Mamawi lay deserted ... happening behind the opaque shields of those grey eyes , that looked almost blind sometimes , blinded by the bush , by ...
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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