Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 43
... 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.
... 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 56
... tables , a white form heaved up from two chairs on which it had been ex- tended . The middle of the day , table d'hôte tiffin once over , was Schomberg's easy time . He lounged out , portly , deliberate , on the defensive , the great ...
... tables , a white form heaved up from two chairs on which it had been ex- tended . The middle of the day , table d'hôte tiffin once over , was Schomberg's easy time . He lounged out , portly , deliberate , on the defensive , the great ...
Page 91
... table d'hôte dinner , without gleaning any more information . He was re- signed . " I suppose , " he wheezed placidly , " I am bound to see her some day . " He meant to take the Samburan channel every trip , as before , of course ...
... table d'hôte dinner , without gleaning any more information . He was re- signed . " I suppose , " he wheezed placidly , " I am bound to see her some day . " He meant to take the Samburan channel every trip , as before , of course ...
Page 134
... table d'hôte , gazing in his direction - at the ladies of the orchestra , in fact . Heyst's dread arose , not out of shame or timidity , but from his fastidiousness . On getting amongst them , however , he noticed no signs of interest ...
... table d'hôte , gazing in his direction - at the ladies of the orchestra , in fact . Heyst's dread arose , not out of shame or timidity , but from his fastidiousness . On getting amongst them , however , he noticed no signs of interest ...
Page 139
... table - d'hôte dinners— would never have risked anything of the sort . His genius ran to catering , " white man for white men , " and to the inventing , elaborating , and retailing of scandalous gossip with asinine unction and impudent ...
... table - d'hôte dinners— would never have risked anything of the sort . His genius ran to catering , " white man for white men , " and to the inventing , elaborating , and retailing of scandalous gossip with asinine unction and impudent ...
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