Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 8
... fact he didn't , well - I don't know what I could have done to stop him . In one way or another I should have had to be loyal . Truth , work , ambition , love itself , may be only counters in the lamentable or despicable game of life ...
... fact he didn't , well - I don't know what I could have done to stop him . In one way or another I should have had to be loyal . Truth , work , ambition , love itself , may be only counters in the lamentable or despicable game of life ...
Page 9
... fact you can't have better . You can't have anything else . " " You are trying to confuse me with your talk , " she cried . " You can't make fun of this . " " Can't ? Well , no , I can't . It's a pity . Perhaps it would have been the ...
... fact you can't have better . You can't have anything else . " " You are trying to confuse me with your talk , " she cried . " You can't make fun of this . " " Can't ? Well , no , I can't . It's a pity . Perhaps it would have been the ...
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... fact had forgotten all about the late Mor- rison at that moment . " No , " he exclaimed suddenly . " What an im- penetrable girl you are , Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow ...
... fact had forgotten all about the late Mor- rison at that moment . " No , " he exclaimed suddenly . " What an im- penetrable girl you are , Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow ...
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... fact , she could understand him better then than at any moment since she first set eyes on him . He laughed scornfully . " What am I thinking of ? " he cried . " As if it could matter to me what anybody had ever said or believed , from ...
... fact , she could understand him better then than at any moment since she first set eyes on him . He laughed scornfully . " What am I thinking of ? " he cried . " As if it could matter to me what anybody had ever said or believed , from ...
Page 35
... blank candour he would have learned how terrified she was by his talk and the fact that her sinking heart loved him more desperately than ever . He smiled at her . " Dismiss all thought of it , " he insisted VICTORY . 35.
... blank candour he would have learned how terrified she was by his talk and the fact that her sinking heart loved him more desperately than ever . He smiled at her . " Dismiss all thought of it , " he insisted VICTORY . 35.
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