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... waited for him in a world which he persisted in look- ing upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sunlight , Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would re- call him ...
... waited for him in a world which he persisted in look- ing upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sunlight , Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would re- call him ...
Page 58
... 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 89
... felt her lips touch his lightly , and the next mo- ment she was gone . Her white dress gleamed in the distance , and then the opaque darkness of the house seemed to swallow it . Heyst waited a little before VICTORY 89.
... felt her lips touch his lightly , and the next mo- ment she was gone . Her white dress gleamed in the distance , and then the opaque darkness of the house seemed to swallow it . Heyst waited a little before VICTORY 89.
Page 90
Joseph Conrad. seemed to swallow it . Heyst waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner , up the steps of the verandah , and into his room , where he lay down at last not to sleep , but to go over in his mind all that ...
Joseph Conrad. seemed to swallow it . Heyst waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner , up the steps of the verandah , and into his room , where he lay down at last not to sleep , but to go over in his mind all that ...
Page 119
... 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 ...
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