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Page 8
... trouble . He had come the week before into Delli , and the Portu- guese authorities , on some pretence of irregularity in his papers , had inflicted a fine upon him and had arrested his brig . Morrison never had any spare cash in hand ...
... trouble . He had come the week before into Delli , and the Portu- guese authorities , on some pretence of irregularity in his papers , had inflicted a fine upon him and had arrested his brig . Morrison never had any spare cash in hand ...
Page 10
... trouble to myself . Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen ... troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I — I have never done any harm to any God's creature ...
... trouble to myself . Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen ... troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I — I have never done any harm to any God's creature ...
Page 23
... not complete . And incompleteness of any sort leads to trouble . Axel Heyst ought not to have cared for his letters or whatever it was that brought him out after something more than a year and a half in Samburan VICTORY 23.
... not complete . And incompleteness of any sort leads to trouble . Axel Heyst ought not to have cared for his letters or whatever it was that brought him out after something more than a year and a half in Samburan VICTORY 23.
Page 24
... trouble , it seems . Be this as it may , he suddenly reappeared in the world , broad chest , bald forehead , long moustaches , polite manner , and all - the complete Heyst , even to the kindly , sunken eyes on which there still rested ...
... trouble , it seems . Be this as it may , he suddenly reappeared in the world , broad chest , bald forehead , long moustaches , polite manner , and all - the complete Heyst , even to the kindly , sunken eyes on which there still rested ...
Page 56
... im- pulse which years ago had made him cross the sandy street of the abominable town of Delli in the island of Timor and accost Morrison , practically a stranger to him י then , a man in trouble , expressively harassed , 56 VICTORY.
... im- pulse which years ago had made him cross the sandy street of the abominable town of Delli in the island of Timor and accost Morrison , practically a stranger to him י then , a man in trouble , expressively harassed , 56 VICTORY.
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