Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 32
... An old bird like me ! To let myself be trapped by those damned Portuguese rascals ! I should never hear the last of it . We must keep it dark . " From quite other motives , among which his native delicacy 32 VICTORY .
... An old bird like me ! To let myself be trapped by those damned Portuguese rascals ! I should never hear the last of it . We must keep it dark . " From quite other motives , among which his native delicacy 32 VICTORY .
Page 38
... hear of this death till months afterward - from Schomberg , who disliked Heyst gratuitously and made up a piece of sinister whispered gossip : " That's what comes of having anything to do with that fellow . He squeezes you dry like a ...
... hear of this death till months afterward - from Schomberg , who disliked Heyst gratuitously and made up a piece of sinister whispered gossip : " That's what comes of having anything to do with that fellow . He squeezes you dry like a ...
Page 52
... hear of it he seized him heartily by the hand , gave one of his courtly bows , and declared that he was touched by his friendly proceedings . " I am not alluding to this trifling amount which you decline to take , " he went on , giving ...
... hear of it he seized him heartily by the hand , gave one of his courtly bows , and declared that he was touched by his friendly proceedings . " I am not alluding to this trifling amount which you decline to take , " he went on , giving ...
Page 58
... hear . He called brutally : " Boy ! " The Chinaman approached , and after referring him to the white man by a nod the hotel - keeper departed , muttering to himself . Davidson heard him . gnash his teeth as he went , Davidson sat alone ...
... hear . He called brutally : " Boy ! " The Chinaman approached , and after referring him to the white man by a nod the hotel - keeper departed , muttering to himself . Davidson heard him . gnash his teeth as he went , Davidson sat alone ...
Page 67
... loud enough for me to hear : " I helped them . I got her things together , tied them up in my own shawl , and threw them into the compound out of a back window . I did it . ' " That woman that you would say hadn't the pluck VICTORY . 67.
... loud enough for me to hear : " I helped them . I got her things together , tied them up in my own shawl , and threw them into the compound out of a back window . I did it . ' " That woman that you would say hadn't the pluck VICTORY . 67.
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