Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 26
... told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin , I went down on my knees and prayed for help . I went down on my knees ! " " You are a believer , Morrison ? " asked Heyst with a distinct note ...
... told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin , I went down on my knees and prayed for help . I went down on my knees ! " " You are a believer , Morrison ? " asked Heyst with a distinct note ...
Page 40
... told me so himself on a certain occasion . It was a long time before he materialised in this alarming way into the destroyer of our little industry -Heyst the Enemy . It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the Enemy ...
... told me so himself on a certain occasion . It was a long time before he materialised in this alarming way into the destroyer of our little industry -Heyst the Enemy . It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the Enemy ...
Page 43
... told Captain Davidson . What I want to know is what he gets to eat there . A piece of dried fish now and then - what ? That's coming down pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table - d'hôte ! " He winked with immense malice ...
... told Captain Davidson . What I want to know is what he gets to eat there . A piece of dried fish now and then - what ? That's coming down pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table - d'hôte ! " He winked with immense malice ...
Page 45
... told us that he passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been alto- gether abandoned . This was what he expected . Pres- ently , above the dense mass of ...
... told us that he passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been alto- gether abandoned . This was what he expected . Pres- ently , above the dense mass of ...
Page 46
... told him . He only smiled . What could I say ? He isn't the sort of man one can speak familiarly to . There's something in him . One doesn't care to . " But what's the object ? Are you thinking of keeping possession of the mine ? ' I ...
... told him . He only smiled . What could I say ? He isn't the sort of man one can speak familiarly to . There's something in him . One doesn't care to . " But what's the object ? Are you thinking of keeping possession of the mine ? ' I ...
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