Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 114
... Sourabaya , " he would say distinctly , and would watch the discouragement at the outlandish sound coming into her eyes , which were fastened on his face . He could not defend himself from compassion . He suggested 114 VICTORY .
... Sourabaya , " he would say distinctly , and would watch the discouragement at the outlandish sound coming into her eyes , which were fastened on his face . He could not defend himself from compassion . He suggested 114 VICTORY .
Page 151
... watch -while Mrs. Schomberg , provided with a bunch of assorted keys , her discoloured teeth chattering and her globular eyes absolutely idiotic with fright , was " going through " the luggage of these strange clients . Her terrible ...
... watch -while Mrs. Schomberg , provided with a bunch of assorted keys , her discoloured teeth chattering and her globular eyes absolutely idiotic with fright , was " going through " the luggage of these strange clients . Her terrible ...
Page 167
... . By contrast , the other faces round that table , anything between twenty and thirty , must have looked like collected samples of intensely artless , helpless humanity - pathetic in their innocent watch for the VICTORY . 167 VI ...
... . By contrast , the other faces round that table , anything between twenty and thirty , must have looked like collected samples of intensely artless , helpless humanity - pathetic in their innocent watch for the VICTORY . 167 VI ...
Page 168
... watch through the crack their contrasted forms pass through the billiard - room and disappear on their way to bed . Then he would hear doors being slammed upstairs ; and a profound silence would fall upon the whole house , upon his ...
... watch through the crack their contrasted forms pass through the billiard - room and disappear on their way to bed . Then he would hear doors being slammed upstairs ; and a profound silence would fall upon the whole house , upon his ...
Page 176
... watches below at it , round a chest , under a slush lamp . We would hardly spare the time to get a bite of salt horse - neither eat nor sleep . We could hardly stand when the watches were must- ered on deck . Talk of gambling ! " He ...
... watches below at it , round a chest , under a slush lamp . We would hardly spare the time to get a bite of salt horse - neither eat nor sleep . We could hardly stand when the watches were must- ered on deck . Talk of gambling ! " He ...
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