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Page 6
... matter was more complex . One day Heyst turned up in Timor . Why in Timor , of all places in the world , no one knows . Well , he was mooning about Delli , that highly pestilential place , possibly in search of some undiscovered facts ...
... matter was more complex . One day Heyst turned up in Timor . Why in Timor , of all places in the world , no one knows . Well , he was mooning about Delli , that highly pestilential place , possibly in search of some undiscovered facts ...
Page 17
... matter of fact , many of us did not hear of this death till months afterward - from Schomberg , who dis- liked Heyst gratuitously and made up a piece of sinister whispered gossip : " That's what comes of having anything to do with that ...
... matter of fact , many of us did not hear of this death till months afterward - from Schomberg , who dis- liked Heyst gratuitously and made up a piece of sinister whispered gossip : " That's what comes of having anything to do with that ...
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... matter much . " " " I have told my owner of it , ' said the conscientious commander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened - which was strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows ...
... matter much . " " " I have told my owner of it , ' said the conscientious commander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened - which was strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows ...
Page 26
... matter , certainly , but he made a point of going ashore at once , during the hottest hour of the afternoon , to look for Heyst . Schomberg's hotel stood back in an extensive enclosure containing a garden , some large trees , and ...
... matter , certainly , but he made a point of going ashore at once , during the hottest hour of the afternoon , to look for Heyst . Schomberg's hotel stood back in an extensive enclosure containing a garden , some large trees , and ...
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... matter . The loneliness , the ruins of the spot , had impressed Davidson's simple soul . They were incompatible with the frivolous comments of people who had not seen it . That black jetty , sticking out of て " the jungle into the ...
... matter . The loneliness , the ruins of the spot , had impressed Davidson's simple soul . They were incompatible with the frivolous comments of people who had not seen it . That black jetty , sticking out of て " the jungle into the ...
Common terms and phrases
ain't Alfuro arms asked believe boat breath brig bungalow CALIFORN chair cheroot Chinaman clairvoyance Colombia course crowbar dark Davidson door doorway dunnage eyes face faint feeling fellow felt frightened gaze gentleman gharry girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand hanging head hear heard Heyst hotel-keeper island jetty Jones knew laugh Lena light lips listening looked Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured mysterious never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps physiognomy quiet revolver Ricardo round Samburan sarong Schom Schomberg schooner seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound Sourabaya speak staring stood strange suddenly surprised Swede table d'hôte talk tell Tesmans There's thing thought told tone Tropical Belt Coal turned veranda voice Wang watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words Zangiacomo