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Page 37
... glance in that direc- tion , and thought of making some sort of reassuring sign to her , but she looked so bereft of senses , and almost of life , perched up there , that it seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm ...
... glance in that direc- tion , and thought of making some sort of reassuring sign to her , but she looked so bereft of senses , and almost of life , perched up there , that it seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm ...
Page 56
... glance of Heyst , who looked away at once toward the girl . She had not moved . Her arms hung down ; her eyelids were lowered . Heyst laid down his half - smoked cigar and compressed his lips . Then he got up . It was the same sort of ...
... glance of Heyst , who looked away at once toward the girl . She had not moved . Her arms hung down ; her eyelids were lowered . Heyst laid down his half - smoked cigar and compressed his lips . Then he got up . It was the same sort of ...
Page 74
... glance of frank tender- ness , quick as lightning , and leaving a profound impres- sion , a secret touch on the heart . It was in the grounds of the hotel , about tiffin time , while the ladies of the orchestra were strolling back to ...
... glance of frank tender- ness , quick as lightning , and leaving a profound impres- sion , a secret touch on the heart . It was in the grounds of the hotel , about tiffin time , while the ladies of the orchestra were strolling back to ...
Page 81
... glance away from the bearded Schomberg , who sat gripping the brass tiller in a sweating palm . Many people in the evening at your place ? " " 66 Schomberg had recovered somewhat . 66 ' Twenty covers or so , take one day with another ...
... glance away from the bearded Schomberg , who sat gripping the brass tiller in a sweating palm . Many people in the evening at your place ? " " 66 Schomberg had recovered somewhat . 66 ' Twenty covers or so , take one day with another ...
Page 89
... glance , fixed on the hotel - keeper ( and this was most frightful ) , without any definite expres- sion , seemed to dissolve the last grain of resolution in his character . 66 You don't think , by any chance , that you have to do with ...
... glance , fixed on the hotel - keeper ( and this was most frightful ) , without any definite expres- sion , seemed to dissolve the last grain of resolution in his character . 66 You don't think , by any chance , that you have to do with ...
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