Romance: A NovelDoubleday, 1931 - 541 pages |
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Page 85
... young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to move . O'Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me ...
... young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to move . O'Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me ...
Page 134
... young girl . That old man is very old , is a little foolish with age ; that young girl knows very little of the world , and is very passionate , very proud , very helpless . " Add , now , to that a great menace a very danger- ous ...
... young girl . That old man is very old , is a little foolish with age ; that young girl knows very little of the world , and is very passionate , very proud , very helpless . " Add , now , to that a great menace a very danger- ous ...
Page 300
... young lady up in bed - poor thing . Think what she has gone through ! You ought to be fussing with sherry and biscuits and what not - making that good - for - noth- ing steward fly round . The beggar is hiding in the lazarette , I bet ...
... young lady up in bed - poor thing . Think what she has gone through ! You ought to be fussing with sherry and biscuits and what not - making that good - for - noth- ing steward fly round . The beggar is hiding in the lazarette , I bet ...
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