Do you know what I was thinking of?" he asked. "No," she said. Her tone betrayed always a shade of anxiety, as though she were never certain how a conversation with him would end. She leaned on the guard-rail by his side. "No," she repeated. "What was... Victory - Page 187by Joseph Conrad - 1921Full view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 482 pages
...remnant of the night's coolness clear off the roof under which they had dwelt for more than thirty days. She came out as on other mornings. He had heard her...stop thinking of me I shouldn't be in the world at alll" He turned round and looked at her. She often said things which surprised him. A vague smile faded... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1928 - 440 pages
...roof under which they had dwelt for more than three months already. She came out as on other mornjpgs. He had heard her light footsteps in the big room —...smile faded away on her lips before his scrutiny. '%hat is it?" he asked. "Is it a reproach?" "A reproach ! Why, how could it be? " she defended herself.... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 414 pages
...dusk and coolness nothing gleamed except the gilt frame of the portrait of Heyst's father, signgd_bya famous painter, lonely in the middle of a wall. Heyst...to stop thinking of me I shouldn't be in the world all!" He turned round and looked at her. She often said things which surprised him. A vague smile faded... | |
| Charles Child Walcutt - 380 pages
...them. This makes them aspects of his thought and hence aspects of himself. Not only does Lena say, " 'Do you know, it seems to me, somehow, that if you...thinking of me I shouldn't be in the world at all!' " but later, when he tells her about his life, "For a long time the girl's grey eyes had been watching... | |
| John G. Peters - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 136 pages
...the image of Heyst's conception of her. For instance, she asks Heyst to give her a new name, saying, "it seems to me, somehow, that if you were to stop...thinking of me I shouldn't be in the world at all! . . . I can only be what you think I am" (187). The result is a new self. Victory warns of allowing... | |
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