Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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... Lena rested her elbows on them and held her head in both her hands . " Are you tired of sitting here ? " Heyst asked . An almost imperceptible negative movement of the head was all the answer she made . " Why are you looking so serious ...
... Lena rested her elbows on them and held her head in both her hands . " Are you tired of sitting here ? " Heyst asked . An almost imperceptible negative movement of the head was all the answer she made . " Why are you looking so serious ...
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... when one takes a hand one must play the game . No , the shade of Morrison needn't haunt me . What's the matter ? I say , Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do ill ? " Do you feel Heyst made as if to get on his feet . 8 VICTORY .
... when one takes a hand one must play the game . No , the shade of Morrison needn't haunt me . What's the matter ? I say , Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do ill ? " Do you feel Heyst made as if to get on his feet . 8 VICTORY .
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... Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow must have been a glazier by vocation . Well , nature has provided excellently for the shyness of your soul . " When he ceased speaking , the ...
... Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow must have been a glazier by vocation . Well , nature has provided excellently for the shyness of your soul . " When he ceased speaking , the ...
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... Lena . " She walked ahead in silence . Heyst remarked that they had never been out before during the hottest hours . It would do her no good , he feared . This solicitude pleased and soothed her . She felt more and more like herself - a ...
... Lena . " She walked ahead in silence . Heyst remarked that they had never been out before during the hottest hours . It would do her no good , he feared . This solicitude pleased and soothed her . She felt more and more like herself - a ...
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... Lena's voice spoke above his drooping head : " You sit there as if you were unhappy . " " I thought you were asleep , " he said . " I was lying down , right enough , but I never closed my eyes . " " The rest would have done you good ...
... Lena's voice spoke above his drooping head : " You sit there as if you were unhappy . " " I thought you were asleep , " he said . " I was lying down , right enough , but I never closed my eyes . " " The rest would have done you good ...
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