Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 34
... bearded creature of the Teutonic persuasion , with an ungovernable tongue which surely must have worked on a pivot . Whether he was a Lieutenant of the Reserve , as he declared , I don't know . Out there he was by profession a hotel ...
... bearded creature of the Teutonic persuasion , with an ungovernable tongue which surely must have worked on a pivot . Whether he was a Lieutenant of the Reserve , as he declared , I don't know . Out there he was by profession a hotel ...
Page 40
... bearded , with a glass of beer in his thick paw , he would approach some table where the topic of the hour was being discussed , would listen for a moment , and then come out with his invariable declaration : " All this is very well ...
... bearded , with a glass of beer in his thick paw , he would approach some table where the topic of the hour was being discussed , would listen for a moment , and then come out with his invariable declaration : " All this is very well ...
Page 49
... beard , looking full of malice . " Evening , gentlemen . Have you got all you want ? So ! Good ! Well , I am told the jungle has choked the very sheds in Black Diamond Bay . Fact . He's a hermit in the wilderness now . But what can this ...
... beard , looking full of malice . " Evening , gentlemen . Have you got all you want ? So ! Good ! Well , I am told the jungle has choked the very sheds in Black Diamond Bay . Fact . He's a hermit in the wilderness now . But what can this ...
Page 56
... beard like a cuirass over his manly chest . He did not like Davidson , never a very faithful client of his . He hit a bell as he went by , and asked in a distant , Officer - of - the - Reserve manner : " You desire ? " The good Davidson ...
... beard like a cuirass over his manly chest . He did not like Davidson , never a very faithful client of his . He hit a bell as he went by , and asked in a distant , Officer - of - the - Reserve manner : " You desire ? " The good Davidson ...
Page 61
... beard black for business . Zangiacomo is his business name . " " That's a curious fact , " said Davidson . His head being full of Heyst , it occurred to him that she might be aware of other facts . This was a VICTORY . 61.
... beard black for business . Zangiacomo is his business name . " " That's a curious fact , " said Davidson . His head being full of Heyst , it occurred to him that she might be aware of other facts . This was a VICTORY . 61.
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