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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Page 49
But apparently Heyst was not a hermit by temperament . The sight of his kind was not invincibly odious to him . We must believe this , since for some reason or other he did come out from his retreat for a while .
But apparently Heyst was not a hermit by temperament . The sight of his kind was not invincibly odious to him . We must believe this , since for some reason or other he did come out from his retreat for a while .
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 .
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1 Volume 17 of Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 276 pages |
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