Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 28
... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into a ...
... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into a ...
Page 59
... staring at the poster , a door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As some- body remarked cynically once , she was too un- attractive VICTORY . 59.
... staring at the poster , a door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As some- body remarked cynically once , she was too un- attractive VICTORY . 59.
Page 62
... staring , unwinking , goggle eye . He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of ...
... staring , unwinking , goggle eye . He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of ...
Page 105
... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not under- stand what he said . One could not tell what nation- ality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was astonished ...
... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not under- stand what he said . One could not tell what nation- ality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was astonished ...
Page 116
... stare , and a quiet final " All right , " steadied her . " I am not rich enough to buy you out , " he went on , speaking with an extraordinary detached grin , " even if it were to be done ; but I can always steal you . " She looked at ...
... stare , and a quiet final " All right , " steadied her . " I am not rich enough to buy you out , " he went on , speaking with an extraordinary detached grin , " even if it were to be done ; but I can always steal you . " She looked at ...
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