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Page 2
... clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collapsing 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 , the ...
... clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collapsing 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 , the ...
Page 19
... clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the en- chantment 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 the ...
... clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the en- chantment 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 the ...
Page 42
... clear his friend- liness , and not knowing what else to say : 66 You haven't run short of stores or anything like that ? " Heyst smiled and shook his head . " No , no . Nothing of the kind . We are fairly well off here . Thanks , all ...
... clear his friend- liness , and not knowing what else to say : 66 You haven't run short of stores or anything like that ? " Heyst smiled and shook his head . " No , no . Nothing of the kind . We are fairly well off here . Thanks , all ...
Page 53
... clear of the ground , was simply stunning . An instrumental uproar , screaming , grunting , whining , sobbing , scraping , squeaking some kind of lively air ; while a grand piano , operated upon by a bony , red - faced woman with bad ...
... clear of the ground , was simply stunning . An instrumental uproar , screaming , grunting , whining , sobbing , scraping , squeaking some kind of lively air ; while a grand piano , operated upon by a bony , red - faced woman with bad ...
Page 59
... clear . It was not distinguished- that could not be expected - but the features had more fineness than those of any ... clearly un- aware of her voice . ' I don't remember that I ever had much reason to sing since I was little , " she ...
... clear . It was not distinguished- that could not be expected - but the features had more fineness than those of any ... clearly un- aware of her voice . ' I don't remember that I ever had much reason to sing since I was little , " she ...
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