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... told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin , I went down on my knees and prayed for help . I went down on my knees ! " 66 ' You are a believer , Morrison ? " asked Heyst with a distinct ...
... told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin , I went down on my knees and prayed for help . I went down on my knees ! " 66 ' You are a believer , Morrison ? " asked Heyst with a distinct ...
Page 18
... told me so himself on a certain occasion . It was a long time before he materialised in this alarming way into the destroyer of our little industry - Heyst the Enemy . It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the ...
... told me so himself on a certain occasion . It was a long time before he materialised in this alarming way into the destroyer of our little industry - Heyst the Enemy . It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the ...
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... told Captain Davidson . What I want to know is what he gets to eat there . A piece of dried fish now and then― what ? That's coming down pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table d'hôte ! " He winked with immense malice ...
... told Captain Davidson . What I want to know is what he gets to eat there . A piece of dried fish now and then― what ? That's coming down pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table d'hôte ! " He winked with immense malice ...
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... told us that he passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of ...
... told us that he passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of ...
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... 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 in prosperity , puts on ...
... 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 in prosperity , puts on ...
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