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 34
... lips , his very chestnut beard , looking full of malice . " ' Evening , gentlemen . Have you got all you want ? So ! Good ! Well , I am told the jungle has choked the very sheds in Black Diamond Bay . Fact . He's a hermit in the ...
... lips , his very chestnut beard , looking full of malice . " ' Evening , gentlemen . Have you got all you want ? So ! Good ! Well , I am told the jungle has choked the very sheds in Black Diamond Bay . Fact . He's a hermit in the ...
Page 44
... lips seemed made of wood . " They stayed here over a month . They are gone . now . They played every evening . ' " Pretty good , were they ? " " " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her ...
... lips seemed made of wood . " They stayed here over a month . They are gone . now . They played every evening . ' " Pretty good , were they ? " " " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her ...
Page 51
... lips , because just then the head boy appeared with a loaded tray , on his way out . Schomberg went to the door and greeted the cus- tomers outside , but did not join them . He remained blocking half the doorway , with his back to the ...
... lips , because just then the head boy appeared with a loaded tray , on his way out . Schomberg went to the door and greeted the cus- tomers outside , but did not join them . He remained blocking half the doorway , with his back to the ...
Page 80
... lips did certainly move . But what sort of word could it have been to make the girl jump up so swiftly ? Heyst , at his table , was surprised into a sympathetic start . He glanced quickly round . Nobody was looking toward the platform ...
... lips did certainly move . But what sort of word could it have been to make the girl jump up so swiftly ? Heyst , at his table , was surprised into a sympathetic start . He glanced quickly round . Nobody was looking toward the platform ...
Page 100
... lips touch his lightly , and the next moment she was gone . Her white dress gleamed in the distance , and then the opaque darkness of the house seemed to swallow it . Heyst waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner ...
... lips touch his lightly , and the next moment she was gone . Her white dress gleamed in the distance , and then the opaque darkness of the house seemed to swallow it . Heyst waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner ...
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