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 5
... raised on two posts and presenting to Heyst , when the moon got over that side , the white letters " T. B. C. Co. " in a row at least two feet high . These were the initials of the Tropical Belt Coal Com- pany , his employers - his late ...
... raised on two posts and presenting to Heyst , when the moon got over that side , the white letters " T. B. C. Co. " in a row at least two feet high . These were the initials of the Tropical Belt Coal Com- pany , his employers - his late ...
Page 12
... raise a millrei on - let alone a penny . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then proposed to sell the brig at auction . This meant ruin for Morrison ; and when Heyst hailed ...
... raise a millrei on - let alone a penny . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then proposed to sell the brig at auction . This meant ruin for Morrison ; and when Heyst hailed ...
Page 20
... raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to any one of this transaction . Morrison , you understand ...
... raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to any one of this transaction . Morrison , you understand ...
Page 40
... raised his eyebrows without looking at him . It might have meant anything , but Davidson dis- missed the hospital idea with confidence . However , he had to get hold of Heyst between this and mid- night . " He had been staying here ...
... raised his eyebrows without looking at him . It might have meant anything , but Davidson dis- missed the hospital idea with confidence . However , he had to get hold of Heyst between this and mid- night . " He had been staying here ...
Page 43
... raised counter , facing the door , with a mirror and rows of bottles at her back . Her hair was very elaborately done with two ringlets on the left side of her scraggy neck ; her dress was of silk , and she had come on duty for the ...
... raised counter , facing the door , with a mirror and rows of bottles at her back . Her hair was very elaborately done with two ringlets on the left side of her scraggy neck ; her dress was of silk , and she had come on duty for the ...
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