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Page 14
... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoul- der for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into ...
... staring open - mouthed , groped over his shoul- der for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back . When he found it , he stuck it in his eye hastily . It was as if he expected Heyst's usual white suit of the tropics to change into ...
Page 37
... staring at the poster , a 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 ...
... staring at the poster , a 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 ...
Page 38
... staring fixedly in front of her , her silence disconcerted David- son . It looked as if she had not heard him - which was impossible . Perhaps she drew the line of speech at the expression of opinions . Schomberg might have trained her ...
... staring fixedly in front of her , her silence disconcerted David- son . It looked as if she had not heard him - which was impossible . Perhaps she drew the line of speech at the expression of opinions . Schomberg might have trained her ...
Page 39
... staring , un- winking , goggle eye . He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of ...
... staring , un- winking , goggle eye . He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of ...
Page 70
... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not understand what he said . One could not tell what nationality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was aston- ished ...
... stare of profound astonishment . Heyst , vexed with himself , suspected that she did not understand what he said . One could not tell what nationality these women were , except that they were of all sorts . But she was aston- ished ...
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