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Page 45
... waited , ringing the bell again and again , and swallowing two or three iced drinks which he did not want . Presently , as he hoped it would happen , Mrs. Schomberg came in , silk dress , long neck , ringlets , scared eyes , and silly ...
... waited , ringing the bell again and again , and swallowing two or three iced drinks which he did not want . Presently , as he hoped it would happen , Mrs. Schomberg came in , silk dress , long neck , ringlets , scared eyes , and silly ...
Page 71
... waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner , up the steps of the veranda , and into his room , where he lay down at last - not to sleep , but to go over in his mind all that had been said at their meeting . " It's ...
... waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner , up the steps of the veranda , and into his room , where he lay down at last - not to sleep , but to go over in his mind all that had been said at their meeting . " It's ...
Page 95
... waited for him - no fit companion for a man of his ability and “ in the prime of life . " But that life , alas , was blighted . He felt it ; and never with such force as when on opening the door he perceived that woman sitting patiently ...
... waited for him - no fit companion for a man of his ability and “ in the prime of life . " But that life , alas , was blighted . He felt it ; and never with such force as when on opening the door he perceived that woman sitting patiently ...
Page 124
... waited , attentive , yet not without a certain contempt . On the track of a man ! " Schomberg uttered con- vulsively , and paused again , consulting his rage and his conscience . 66 " The man in the moon , eh ? " suggested Ricardo , in ...
... waited , attentive , yet not without a certain contempt . On the track of a man ! " Schomberg uttered con- vulsively , and paused again , consulting his rage and his conscience . 66 " The man in the moon , eh ? " suggested Ricardo , in ...
Page 126
... . By the same token , he called on the Tesmans . Why did he call on the Tesmans two days running , eh ? You don't know ? You can't tell ? " He waited complacently till Ricardo had finished swear- ng quite 126 VICTORY.
... . By the same token , he called on the Tesmans . Why did he call on the Tesmans two days running , eh ? You don't know ? You can't tell ? " He waited complacently till Ricardo had finished swear- ng quite 126 VICTORY.
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