 I would watch them lifting their elbows at my expense, or splitting their sides at my fun — I can be funny when I like, you bet!" A pause for self-complacent contemplation of his own fun and generosity checked the flow of Ricardo's speech. Schomberg...  Victory - Page 122by Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...watch them lifting their elbows at my expense, or splitting their sides at my fun — I can be funny when I like, you bet!" A pause for self-complacent...don't care. Some men do say that; but I really don't. You are no more to me one way or another than that fly there. Just so. I'd squash you or leave you... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...watch them lifting their elbows at my expense, or splitting their sides at my fun — I can be funny when I like, you bet!" A pause for self-complacent...don't care. Some men do say that; but I really don't. You are no more to me one way or another than that fly there. Just so. I'd squash you or leave you... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...watch them lifting their elbows at my expense, or splitting their sides at my fun—I can be funny when I like, you bet!" A pause for self-complacent...don't care. Some men do say that; but I really don't. You are no more to me one way or another than that fly there. Just so. I'd squash you or leave you... | |
 | Steven H. Gale - Art - 2002 - 556 pages
...117 in Conrad. The commentary "Sometimes I have a girl—you know—and I give her a nice kiss and I say to myself: 'If you only knew who's kissing you, my dear, you'd scream the place down'" is on page 122, the threat "I might get Pedro to break your neck" is... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 432 pages
...watch them lifting their elbows at my expense, or splitting their sides at my fun — I can be funny when I like, you bet!" A pause for self-complacent...don't care. Some men do say that; but I really don't. You are no more to me one way or another than that fly there. Just so. I'd squash you or leave you... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...concerned to keep within bounds the enlargement of his eyes, which he seemed to feel growing bigger in bis head. "Yes, yes," he whispered hastily. "I would watch...don't care. Some men do say that; but I really don't. You are no more to me one way or another than that fly there. Just so. I'd squash you or leave you... | |
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