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 12
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to 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 ...
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to 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 ...
Page 24
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capricorn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Later on he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in ...
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capricorn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Later on he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in ...
Page 33
... strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes un ...
... strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes un ...
Page 47
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth . He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the conditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth . He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the conditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
Page 55
... strange invasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam- launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception by the roadstead was ...
... strange invasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam- launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception by the roadstead was ...
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