Victory: An Island TaleA story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with sensitive portrayal of three drifters. |
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Page 59
... Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson ar- rived , he was kneeling down engaged busily in un- fastening the flag from it . " Was there anything wrong ? " I ...
... Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson ar- rived , he was kneeling down engaged busily in un- fastening the flag from it . " Was there anything wrong ? " I ...
Page 202
... Malay word " makan , " would force him to climb out to a meal . Wang in his native province in China might have been an aggressively , sensitively genial person ; but in Samburan he had clothed himself in a mysterious stolidity and did ...
... Malay word " makan , " would force him to climb out to a meal . Wang in his native province in China might have been an aggressively , sensitively genial person ; but in Samburan he had clothed himself in a mysterious stolidity and did ...
Page 253
... now who was startled and raised his voice . " Malay man , eh ? " Wang made a slight negative movement with his head . " Do you hear , Lena ? " Heyst called out . " Wang says there is a boat in sight - somewhere near 253 XXIV.
... now who was startled and raised his voice . " Malay man , eh ? " Wang made a slight negative movement with his head . " Do you hear , Lena ? " Heyst called out . " Wang says there is a boat in sight - somewhere near 253 XXIV.
Page 254
... Malay unexpectedly , and in a loud voice . " White men— three . " " So close as that ? " exclaimed Heyst , moving out on the veranda followed by Wang . " White men ? Im- possible ! " Over the clearing the shadows were already length ...
... Malay unexpectedly , and in a loud voice . " White men— three . " " So close as that ? " exclaimed Heyst , moving out on the veranda followed by Wang . " White men ? Im- possible ! " Over the clearing the shadows were already length ...
Page 255
... Malay that he had gone to the shore end of the wharf , to get a few lumps of coal from the big heap , when , happening to raise his eyes from the ground , he saw the boat - a white man boat , not a canoe . He had good eyes . He had seen ...
... Malay that he had gone to the shore end of the wharf , to get a few lumps of coal from the big heap , when , happening to raise his eyes from the ground , he saw the boat - a white man boat , not a canoe . He had good eyes . He had seen ...
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