 ... ceased to be masculine. Her eyes moved in his direction, rested on him, then returned to their stare into the deeper gloom at the foot of the straight tree-trunks, whose spreading crowns were slowly withdrawing their shade. The warm air stirred slightly...  Victory - Page 190by Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...withdrawing their shade. The warm air stirred slightly about her motionless head. She would not look at him, from some obscure fear of betraying herself....eyes fixed upon her; and as he kept silent, she said uneasily—for she didn't know what his silences mighft mean: "And so you lived with that friend—that... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...withdrawing their shade. The warm air stirred slightly about her motionless head. She would not look at him, from some obscure fear of betraying herself....seem to have an idea. He was a strange being without need*. She felt his eyes fixed upon her; and as he kept silent, she said uneasily — for she didn't... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...her innermost depths » an irresistible desire togive lieFself up to him more com- J pletelyr^y__some act of absolute sacrifice. This was ' something of...eyes fixed upon her; and as he kept silent, she said uneasily—for she didn't know what his silences might mean: " And so you lived with that friend—that... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 442 pages
...withdrawing their shade. The warm air stirred slightly about her motionless head. She would not look at him, from some obscure fear of betraying herself....something of which he did not seem to have an idea. He waa a strange being without needs. She felt his eyes fixed upon her; and as he kept silent, she said... | |
 | Debrah Raschke - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 248 pages
...Samburan Island. It is within this context then that Lena becomes totally devoted to Heyst. Desiring "to give herself up to him more completely, by some act of absolute sacrifice" (201), she attempts to surrender who she is (what she shamefully calls her baser passions) to please... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...withdrawing their shade. The warm air stirred slightly about her motionless head. She would not look at him, from some obscure fear of betraying herself....without needs. She felt his eyes fixed upon her; and as lie kept silent, she said uneasily — for she didn't know what his silences might mean: "And so you... | |
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