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After telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible , and that they were ready to assist him in his plans , and after receiving Heyst's thanks - you know the usual kind of conversationhe ...
After telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible , and that they were ready to assist him in his plans , and after receiving Heyst's thanks - you know the usual kind of conversationhe ...
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Upon my word , I don't know why I have been telling you all this . I suppose seeing a thoroughly white man like you made it ... Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen .
Upon my word , I don't know why I have been telling you all this . I suppose seeing a thoroughly white man like you made it ... Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen .
Page 41
The T. B. C. Co. went into liquidation , as I began by telling you . The Tesmans washed their hands of it . The Government cancelled those famous contracts . The talk died out , and presently it was remarked here and there that Heyst ...
The T. B. C. Co. went into liquidation , as I began by telling you . The Tesmans washed their hands of it . The Government cancelled those famous contracts . The talk died out , and presently it was remarked here and there that Heyst ...
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What was I always telling you ? Aha ! There was nothing in it . I knew it . But what I would like to know is what ... Teutonic temperament seldom is . But he put on a sinister He was expression to tell us that Heyst had not 42 VICTORY .
What was I always telling you ? Aha ! There was nothing in it . I knew it . But what I would like to know is what ... Teutonic temperament seldom is . But he put on a sinister He was expression to tell us that Heyst had not 42 VICTORY .
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He was expression to tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his " establishment . ” This was Heyst's crime , for which Schomberg wished him nothing less than a long and tormented existence .
He was expression to tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his " establishment . ” This was Heyst's crime , for which Schomberg wished him nothing less than a long and tormented existence .
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