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 17
... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into a ...
... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into a ...
Page 43
... staring at the poster , a door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As somebody remarked cynically once , she was too unattractive to be any- thing else . The ...
... staring at the poster , a door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As somebody remarked cynically once , she was too unattractive to be any- thing else . The ...
Page 45
... staring , unwinking , goggle eye . He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of ...
... staring , unwinking , goggle eye . He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of ...
Page 81
... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not un- derstand what he said . One could not tell what na- tionality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was astonished ...
... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not un- derstand what he said . One could not tell what na- tionality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was astonished ...
Page 90
... stare , and a quiet final " All right , " steadied her . " I am not rich enough to buy you out , " he went on , speaking with an extraordinary detached grin , " even if it were to be done ; but I can always steal you . " She looked at ...
... stare , and a quiet final " All right , " steadied her . " I am not rich enough to buy you out , " he went on , speaking with an extraordinary detached grin , " even if it were to be done ; but I can always steal you . " She looked at ...
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