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Page 67
I knew it would be all right if you only cared to make it so ; but of course I could
not tell if you meant it . ' Command me , you said . Funny thing for a man like you
to say . Did you really mean ' it ? You weren't making fun of me ? He protested
that ...
I knew it would be all right if you only cared to make it so ; but of course I could
not tell if you meant it . ' Command me , you said . Funny thing for a man like you
to say . Did you really mean ' it ? You weren't making fun of me ? He protested
that ...
Page 157
All this does not tell you why I ever came here . Why , indeed ? It's like prying into
inscrutable mysteries which are not worth scrutinising . A man drifts . The most
successful men have drifted into their successes . I don't want to tell you that this
is ...
All this does not tell you why I ever came here . Why , indeed ? It's like prying into
inscrutable mysteries which are not worth scrutinising . A man drifts . The most
successful men have drifted into their successes . I don't want to tell you that this
is ...
Page 266
It's your interest , too . " And , indeed , Ricardo was truthful enough in his
statement . He did absolutely believe in success now . But he couldn't tell his
governor that he had intelligences in the enemy's camp . It wouldn't do to tell him
of the girl .
It's your interest , too . " And , indeed , Ricardo was truthful enough in his
statement . He did absolutely believe in success now . But he couldn't tell his
governor that he had intelligences in the enemy's camp . It wouldn't do to tell him
of the girl .
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale Volume 15 of Complete works, Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Volume 15 of Complete works, Joseph Conrad Volume 15 of Works of Conrad Volume 15 of Works of Joseph Conrad in Twenty Volumes, Joseph Conrad Works, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Edition | 10 |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2018 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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