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Page 24
... watched Sabang rise out of the horizon with its tousled forests like a mountain of broccoli . Frolick had watched the blood- drenched coast of Atjeh glide past , with his back to the sunset and a whisky glass in his hand . All four of ...
... watched Sabang rise out of the horizon with its tousled forests like a mountain of broccoli . Frolick had watched the blood- drenched coast of Atjeh glide past , with his back to the sunset and a whisky glass in his hand . All four of ...
Page 47
... watched it as a fisherman might watch some blades of grass drift past , without looking away from his float . They drifted on , and on - only by using all his strength could he haul back that thread , slowly , cautiously , until at last ...
... watched it as a fisherman might watch some blades of grass drift past , without looking away from his float . They drifted on , and on - only by using all his strength could he haul back that thread , slowly , cautiously , until at last ...
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... watched by her for hours . At four o'clock in the morning , the boy sat down on the floor and fell asleep , his head on his chest ; his breath became slow and regular , while hers grew fainter . Half an hour before sunrise , the boy's ...
... watched by her for hours . At four o'clock in the morning , the boy sat down on the floor and fell asleep , his head on his chest ; his breath became slow and regular , while hers grew fainter . Half an hour before sunrise , the boy's ...
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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