Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 147
... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - VICTORY . 147.
... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - VICTORY . 147.
Page 148
An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help myself . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he would ...
An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help myself . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he would ...
Page 163
... Pedro here every evening . He isn't the conventional waiter's cut , but he will do to run to and fro with the tray , while you sit here from nine to eleven serving out drinks and gathering the money . " " There will be three of them now ...
... Pedro here every evening . He isn't the conventional waiter's cut , but he will do to run to and fro with the tray , while you sit here from nine to eleven serving out drinks and gathering the money . " " There will be three of them now ...
Page 168
... Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a creature caught in the woods and taught to walk on its hind legs . As to Schomberg , he kept out of the way . He remained in the billiard - room , serving out drinks to the unspeakable Pedro ...
... Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a creature caught in the woods and taught to walk on its hind legs . As to Schomberg , he kept out of the way . He remained in the billiard - room , serving out drinks to the unspeakable Pedro ...
Page 193
... Pedro here . They were alligator - hunters , right enough . We got our lodgings in their hut . Neither the boss nor I could habla Español - speak Spanish , you know- much then . Dry bank , nice shade , jolly hammocks , fresh fish , good ...
... Pedro here . They were alligator - hunters , right enough . We got our lodgings in their hut . Neither the boss nor I could habla Español - speak Spanish , you know- much then . Dry bank , nice shade , jolly hammocks , fresh fish , good ...
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