Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 52
... expect Heyst to have . Isn't he a bit of a crank himself ? He told me that directly his father died he lit out into the wide world on his own , and had been on the move till he fetched up against this famous coal business . Fits the son ...
... expect Heyst to have . Isn't he a bit of a crank himself ? He told me that directly his father died he lit out into the wide world on his own , and had been on the move till he fetched up against this famous coal business . Fits the son ...
Page 65
... expect a fiddle - playing girl out of an ambulant ladies ' orchestra to remain content there for a day , for one single day , was inconceivable . She would be frightened at the first sight of it . She would scream . The capacity for ...
... expect a fiddle - playing girl out of an ambulant ladies ' orchestra to remain content there for a day , for one single day , was inconceivable . She would be frightened at the first sight of it . She would scream . The capacity for ...
Page 83
... expect you to bring your own servant with you . It's a nuisance . " " Of course , of course , " hastily . protested Davidson After a short silence Heyst returned to the matter of the shawl . He wanted to send it back to Mrs. Schomberg ...
... expect you to bring your own servant with you . It's a nuisance . " " Of course , of course , " hastily . protested Davidson After a short silence Heyst returned to the matter of the shawl . He wanted to send it back to Mrs. Schomberg ...
Page 122
... getting too forward with me now . What can you expect ? Only this evening , after supper , he - but I slipped away . You don't mind him , do you ? Why , I could face him myself now that I know you care for me 122 VICTORY .
... getting too forward with me now . What can you expect ? Only this evening , after supper , he - but I slipped away . You don't mind him , do you ? Why , I could face him myself now that I know you care for me 122 VICTORY .
Page 123
... despair in subdued tones . " Have you forgotten , then ? What did you expect to find ? I know what sort of girl I am ; but all the same I am not the sort that men turn their backs on --- and you ought to know it , unless you VICTORY . 123.
... despair in subdued tones . " Have you forgotten , then ? What did you expect to find ? I know what sort of girl I am ; but all the same I am not the sort that men turn their backs on --- and you ought to know it , unless you VICTORY . 123.
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