The Spiral RoadNovel relating the present and past of a group of men and women, doctors and missionaries, working in the jungles of Borneo. |
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Page 16
... seemed to get portlier , less ridicu- lous ; the women became matter - of - fact , authoritative , their rowdiness changed into gaiety and their shamelessness into an easy nonchalance . At first it seemed an optical illusion , a product ...
... seemed to get portlier , less ridicu- lous ; the women became matter - of - fact , authoritative , their rowdiness changed into gaiety and their shamelessness into an easy nonchalance . At first it seemed an optical illusion , a product ...
Page 282
... seemed benevolent , and agreed to let him go to Camp Lung Plague without any probing questions . He seemed to accept that an emergency had arisen in the colony following Betsy's death , and that Brits - Jansen should be fetched ...
... seemed benevolent , and agreed to let him go to Camp Lung Plague without any probing questions . He seemed to accept that an emergency had arisen in the colony following Betsy's death , and that Brits - Jansen should be fetched ...
Page 447
... seemed an explosion of hatred , every rustle , crack , squawk or snap in that stillness seemed to emanate from one gigantic living being , watching them , holding its breath , restraining itself from betraying its presence in the ...
... seemed an explosion of hatred , every rustle , crack , squawk or snap in that stillness seemed to emanate from one gigantic living being , watching them , holding its breath , restraining itself from betraying its presence in the ...
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Annema answered arrived asked Atjeh Banjermasin Batavia beer Bert Bert's Betsy Bevers body bottle boy's breath Breszezinska-Jansen Brits-Jansen Burubi Captain coolies darkness djongos doctor door drink 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 light listening looked Madurese Mamawi mandur Manokwari morning mosquito mouth native never night once opened panting Papuans parang Piet Kramer prahu Promoted to glory pulled Rattan realized 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 underneath voice waiting wanted Waterreus whispered wilderness Willem witch doctor Witzenburg