Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 22
... pretty well off again ; I may just as well squeeze them to begin with . ” He would make a ferocious entry in the pocket- book : Memo : Squeeze the So - and - So village at the first time of calling . Then he would stick the pencil back ...
... pretty well off again ; I may just as well squeeze them to begin with . ” He would make a ferocious entry in the pocket- book : Memo : Squeeze the So - and - So village at the first time of calling . Then he would stick the pencil back ...
Page 25
... pretty little plot with the chief of the customs . The sale , of course , will be a farce . There's no one here to bid . He will get the brig for a song - no , not even that- of a song . You have been some years now in the islands ...
... pretty little plot with the chief of the customs . The sale , of course , will be a farce . There's no one here to bid . He will get the brig for a song - no , not even that- of a song . You have been some years now in the islands ...
Page 43
... pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table - d'hôte ! " He winked with immense malice . A bell started ringing , and he led the way to the dining - room as if into a temple , very grave , with the VICTORY . 43.
... pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table - d'hôte ! " He winked with immense malice . A bell started ringing , and he led the way to the dining - room as if into a temple , very grave , with the VICTORY . 43.
Page 61
... Pretty good , were they ? " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her silence disconcerted Davidson . It looked as if she had not heard him— which was impossible . Perhaps she drew the line of ...
... Pretty good , were they ? " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her silence disconcerted Davidson . It looked as if she had not heard him— which was impossible . Perhaps she drew the line of ...
Page 68
... out of an orchestra ? doubt fellows here and there took a fancy to some pretty one - but it was not for running away with her . Oh dear no ! It needed a lunatic like Heyst . " Only think what it means , " wheezed Davidson 68 VICTORY .
... out of an orchestra ? doubt fellows here and there took a fancy to some pretty one - but it was not for running away with her . Oh dear no ! It needed a lunatic like Heyst . " Only think what it means , " wheezed Davidson 68 VICTORY .
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