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... side by side ... ' ' Sultan not want fifty billiard tables , ' the little man said , deliberately . ' Sultan likes only one table — this one . ' Brits - Jansen sighed , shoved back his topee and scratched his head . ' All right , ' he ...
... side by side ... ' ' Sultan not want fifty billiard tables , ' the little man said , deliberately . ' Sultan likes only one table — this one . ' Brits - Jansen sighed , shoved back his topee and scratched his head . ' All right , ' he ...
Page 176
... side to side , from side to side , but the unbearable delight had turned into unbearable pain , as the bell struck . He stood up , wanted to shake her , to wake her up , but a hand touched his shoulder . ' You'd better go now , ' said a ...
... side to side , from side to side , but the unbearable delight had turned into unbearable pain , as the bell struck . He stood up , wanted to shake her , to wake her up , but a hand touched his shoulder . ' You'd better go now , ' said a ...
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... side by side at her grave , ate silently side by side at the long table with the lepers , shook hands silently before going to bed , and lay silently staring in the darkness , listening to the distant thunder on the mountains . It was ...
... side by side at her grave , ate silently side by side at the long table with the lepers , shook hands silently before going to bed , and lay silently staring in the darkness , listening to the distant thunder on the mountains . It was ...
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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