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 4
... clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collaps- ing spasmodically like the end of a gigantic cigar puffed at intermittently in the dark . Axel Heyst was also a smoker ; and when he lounged out on his veranda with his cheroot ...
... clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collaps- ing spasmodically like the end of a gigantic cigar puffed at intermittently in the dark . Axel Heyst was also a smoker ; and when he lounged out on his veranda with his cheroot ...
Page 28
... clear out of sight in his at- tempts to break away from the enchantment of " these isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon - to cannibals or to cafés . The enchanted Heyst ! Had he at last broken ...
... clear out of sight in his at- tempts to break away from the enchantment of " these isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon - to cannibals or to cafés . The enchanted Heyst ! Had he at last broken ...
Page 61
... clear his friendliness , and not knowing what else to say : " You haven't run short of stores or anything like that ? " Heyst smiled and shook his head . " No , no . Nothing of the kind . off here . Thanks , all the same . We are fairly ...
... clear his friendliness , and not knowing what else to say : " You haven't run short of stores or anything like that ? " Heyst smiled and shook his head . " No , no . Nothing of the kind . off here . Thanks , all the same . We are fairly ...
Page 76
... clear of the ground , was simply stunning . An instrumental up- roar , screaming , grunting , whining , sobbing , scrap- ing , squeaking , some kind of lively air ; while a grand piano , operated upon by a bony , red - faced woman with ...
... clear of the ground , was simply stunning . An instrumental up- roar , screaming , grunting , whining , sobbing , scrap- ing , squeaking , some kind of lively air ; while a grand piano , operated upon by a bony , red - faced woman with ...
Page 83
... clear . It was not distinguished - that could not be expected- but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the op- portunity to observe so closely . There was in it some- thing ...
... clear . It was not distinguished - that could not be expected- but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the op- portunity to observe so closely . There was in it some- thing ...
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