Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 60
... smiling stupidly over the billiards from time to time , speaking to no one , and no one speaking to her . Schomberg himself took no more interest in her than may be implied in a sudden and totally unmotived scowl . Otherwise the very ...
... smiling stupidly over the billiards from time to time , speaking to no one , and no one speaking to her . Schomberg himself took no more interest in her than may be implied in a sudden and totally unmotived scowl . Otherwise the very ...
Page 62
... smiling stupidly now and then . Davidson viewed her pro- file with a flattened nose , a hollow cheek and one staring ... smile of a man making an amusing experiment . He spoke again to her : " But the other members of that orchestra were ...
... smiling stupidly now and then . Davidson viewed her pro- file with a flattened nose , a hollow cheek and one staring ... smile of a man making an amusing experiment . He spoke again to her : " But the other members of that orchestra were ...
Page 64
... , on reflection , he was by no means certain that it prevented Heyst from being a perfect gentleman , as before . He confronted our open grins or quiet smiles with a serious round face . Heyst had taken the 64 VICTORY .
... , on reflection , he was by no means certain that it prevented Heyst from being a perfect gentleman , as before . He confronted our open grins or quiet smiles with a serious round face . Heyst had taken the 64 VICTORY .
Page 72
... smiling . Davidson stopped . " Yes , rather . " His feelings were , he told us , those of bewildered resignation ; but of course that was no more visible to the others than the emotions of a turtle when it withdraws into its shell ...
... smiling . Davidson stopped . " Yes , rather . " His feelings were , he told us , those of bewildered resignation ; but of course that was no more visible to the others than the emotions of a turtle when it withdraws into its shell ...
Page 80
... smiles , thank- ing him and apologising for the liberty , exactly in his usual manner . Davidson had expected some change in the man , but there was none . Nothing in him betrayed the momentous fact that within that jungle there was a ...
... smiles , thank- ing him and apologising for the liberty , exactly in his usual manner . Davidson had expected some change in the man , but there was none . Nothing in him betrayed the momentous fact that within that jungle there was a ...
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