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... doors opened on to it , but all the screens were down . Not a soul was in sight , not even a China boy - nothing but a lot of painted iron chairs and tables . Solitude , shade , and gloomy silence and a faint , treacherous breeze which ...
... doors opened on to it , but all the screens were down . Not a soul was in sight , not even a China boy - nothing but a lot of painted iron chairs and tables . Solitude , shade , and gloomy silence and a faint , treacherous breeze which ...
Page 37
... door , looking out , affected perfect indifference . He could not keep it up , though . Sud- denly he turned inward and asked with brusque rage : " You wanted to see him ? ” " Why , yes , " said Davidson . " We agreed to meet— ” " Don ...
... door , looking out , affected perfect indifference . He could not keep it up , though . Sud- denly he turned inward and asked with brusque rage : " You wanted to see him ? ” " Why , yes , " said Davidson . " We agreed to meet— ” " Don ...
Page 38
... door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As somebody remarked cynically once , she was too unattractive to be anything else . The opinion that he treated her ...
... door somewhere at his back opened , and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife , no doubt with truth . As somebody remarked cynically once , she was too unattractive to be anything else . The opinion that he treated her ...
Page 40
... door open- ing on to the " piazza . " It paused , then went on in the same low pitch : " There was even one English girl . " " Poor devil ! " said Davidson . " I suppose these women are not much better than slaves really . Was that ...
... door open- ing on to the " piazza . " It paused , then went on in the same low pitch : " There was even one English girl . " " Poor devil ! " said Davidson . " I suppose these women are not much better than slaves really . Was that ...
Page 45
... door Schomberg came in , his hair brushed , his beard combed neatly , but his eyelids still heavy from his nap . He looked with suspicion at Davidson , and even glanced at his wife ; but he was baffled by the natural placidity of the ...
... door Schomberg came in , his hair brushed , his beard combed neatly , but his eyelids still heavy from his nap . He looked with suspicion at Davidson , and even glanced at his wife ; but he was baffled by the natural placidity of the ...
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