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Page 7
... telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible , and that they were ready to assist him in his plans , and so on , and after receiving Heyst's thanks - you know the usual kind of conversation ...
... telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible , and that they were ready to assist him in his plans , and so on , and after receiving Heyst's thanks - you know the usual kind of conversation ...
Page 14
... tell- ing you all this . I suppose seeing a thoroughly white man made it impossible to keep my 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 . This morning on board ...
... tell- ing you all this . I suppose seeing a thoroughly white man made it impossible to keep my 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 . This morning on board ...
Page 25
... telling you . The Tesmans washed their hands of it . The Government cancelled those famous contracts . The talk died out , and presently it was remarked here and there that Heyst had faded completely away . He had become invisible , as ...
... telling you . The Tesmans washed their hands of it . The Government cancelled those famous contracts . The talk died out , and presently it was remarked here and there that Heyst had faded completely away . He had become invisible , as ...
Page 26
... telling you ? Aha ! There was nothing in it . I knew it . But what I would like to know is what he- came of that ... tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his " establishment . " This was Heyst's crime ...
... telling you ? Aha ! There was nothing in it . I knew it . But what I would like to know is what he- came of that ... tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his " establishment . " This was Heyst's crime ...
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... telling us all about it after- ward . Heyst said that his father had written a lot of books . He was a philosopher . " Seems to me he must have been something of a crank , too , " was Davidson's comment . " Apparently he had quarrelled ...
... telling us all about it after- ward . Heyst said that his father had written a lot of books . He was a philosopher . " Seems to me he must have been something of a crank , too , " was Davidson's comment . " Apparently he had quarrelled ...
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