Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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... felt in her innermost depths an irresistible desire to give herself up to him more completely , by some act of absolute sacrifice . This was something of which he did not seem to have an idea . He was a strange being without needs . She ...
... felt in her innermost depths an irresistible desire to give herself up to him more completely , by some act of absolute sacrifice . This was something of which he did not seem to have an idea . He was a strange being without needs . She ...
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... felt herself swinging between the abysses of earth and heaven in the hollow of his arm . What if he should grow weary of the burden . " And , moreover , nobody had ever believed that tale ! " Heyst came out with an abrupt burst of sound ...
... felt herself swinging between the abysses of earth and heaven in the hollow of his arm . What if he should grow weary of the burden . " And , moreover , nobody had ever believed that tale ! " Heyst came out with an abrupt burst of sound ...
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... felt himself caught , seeing clearly the plot of plots and unconsoled by the lucidity of his mind . He swerved and , stepping up to her , sank to the ground by her side . Before she could make a move- ment , or even turn her head his ...
... felt himself caught , seeing clearly the plot of plots and unconsoled by the lucidity of his mind . He swerved and , stepping up to her , sank to the ground by her side . Before she could make a move- ment , or even turn her head his ...
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... felt more and more like herself - a poor London girl playing in an orchestra , and snatched out from the humiliations , the squalid dangers of a miserable existence , by a man like whom there was not , there could not be , another in ...
... felt more and more like herself - a poor London girl playing in an orchestra , and snatched out from the humiliations , the squalid dangers of a miserable existence , by a man like whom there was not , there could not be , another in ...
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... . ( He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when , with a slight ex- clamation " He's here ! " she disengaged herself and bolted away into her room . VI Heyst was astounded . Looking all round , as 36 VICTORY .
... . ( He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when , with a slight ex- clamation " He's here ! " she disengaged herself and bolted away into her room . VI Heyst was astounded . Looking all round , as 36 VICTORY .
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