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 198
... Wang was not a common coolie . He had been a servant to white men before . The agreement between him and Heyst consisted in the exchange of a few words on the day when the last batch of the mine coolies was leaving Samburan . Heyst ...
... Wang was not a common coolie . He had been a servant to white men before . The agreement between him and Heyst consisted in the exchange of a few words on the day when the last batch of the mine coolies was leaving Samburan . Heyst ...
Page 199
... Wang came round the house , and , standing below , raised up his yellow , thin face . " All finish ? " he asked . Heyst nodded slightly from above , glancing towards the jetty . A crowd of blue - clad figures with yellow faces and ...
... Wang came round the house , and , standing below , raised up his yellow , thin face . " All finish ? " he asked . Heyst nodded slightly from above , glancing towards the jetty . A crowd of blue - clad figures with yellow faces and ...
Page 200
... Wang was the brilliant exception . He must have been uncommonly fascinating , in a way that was not apparent to Heyst , or else uncommonly persuasive . The woman's services to Heyst were limited to the fact that she had anchored Wang to ...
... Wang was the brilliant exception . He must have been uncommonly fascinating , in a way that was not apparent to Heyst , or else uncommonly persuasive . The woman's services to Heyst were limited to the fact that she had anchored Wang to ...
Page 201
... Wang not only knew how to live according to conventional pro- prieties , but had strong personal views as to the man- ner of arranging his domestic existence . After a time Heyst perceived that Wang had annexed all the keys . Any key ...
... Wang not only knew how to live according to conventional pro- prieties , but had strong personal views as to the man- ner of arranging his domestic existence . After a time Heyst perceived that Wang had annexed all the keys . Any key ...
Page 202
... Wang in his native province in China might have been an aggressively , sensitively genial person ; but in Samburan ... Wang's gardening and of these precautions — there was nothing else to look at - was amused at the thought that he , in ...
... Wang in his native province in China might have been an aggressively , sensitively genial person ; but in Samburan ... Wang's gardening and of these precautions — there was nothing else to look at - was amused at the thought that he , in ...
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