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Looking toward him with a movement of her eyes only , the girl noticed the strong feeling on his face with that intense interest which his person awakened in her mind and in her heart . But it soon passed away , leaving only a moody ...
Looking toward him with a movement of her eyes only , the girl noticed the strong feeling on his face with that intense interest which his person awakened in her mind and in her heart . But it soon passed away , leaving only a moody ...
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The girl extended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sitting posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefinable expression of anxiety , as if she were unable to draw breath . " What has come to you ?
The girl extended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sitting posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefinable expression of anxiety , as if she were unable to draw breath . " What has come to you ?
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What an impenetrable girl you are , 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 ...
What an impenetrable girl you are , 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 ...
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The girl answered by a negative sign ; and then at last she spoke , jerkily , as if forcing herself against some doubt or fear . She had heard of that very man , she told Heyst . " Impossible ! ” he said positively .
The girl answered by a negative sign ; and then at last she spoke , jerkily , as if forcing herself against some doubt or fear . She had heard of that very man , she told Heyst . " Impossible ! ” he said positively .
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“ But you said first that it was of Morrison they talked , " he remarked to the girl , sinking on his heels , and no longer much interested . “ Strange that you should have the opportunity to hear any talk at all !
“ But you said first that it was of Morrison they talked , " he remarked to the girl , sinking on his heels , and no longer much interested . “ Strange that you should have the opportunity to hear any talk at all !
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2 Volume 17 of Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
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