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Page 25
The sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing of it appear in his bearing ,
concealing his impression under that consummate good - society manner of his .
Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was what ...
The sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing of it appear in his bearing ,
concealing his impression under that consummate good - society manner of his .
Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was what ...
Page 41
He had become invisible , as in those early days when he used to make a bolt
clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of " these
isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon — to ...
He had become invisible , as in those early days when he used to make a bolt
clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of " these
isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon — to ...
Page 49
... during his aimless pilgrimage in this section of the tropical belt , where the
inane clacking of Schomberg's tongue vexed our ears . But apparently Heyst was
not a hermit by temperament . The sight of his kind was not invincibly odious to
him .
... during his aimless pilgrimage in this section of the tropical belt , where the
inane clacking of Schomberg's tongue vexed our ears . But apparently Heyst was
not a hermit by temperament . The sight of his kind was not invincibly odious to
him .
Page 53
All this meant that Heyst understood in a proper sense the little Sissie's periodical
appearance in sight of his hermitage . “ He's a genuine gentleman , ” Davidson
said to “ I was really sorry when he went ashore . ” We asked him where he had ...
All this meant that Heyst understood in a proper sense the little Sissie's periodical
appearance in sight of his hermitage . “ He's a genuine gentleman , ” Davidson
said to “ I was really sorry when he went ashore . ” We asked him where he had ...
Page 55
Not a soul was in sight , not even a China boy - nothing but a lot of painted iron
chairs and tables . Solitude , shade , and gloomy silence — and a faint ,
treacherous breeze which came from under the trees and quite unexpectedly
VICTORY .
Not a soul was in sight , not even a China boy - nothing but a lot of painted iron
chairs and tables . Solitude , shade , and gloomy silence — and a faint ,
treacherous breeze which came from under the trees and quite unexpectedly
VICTORY .
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