Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 7
... gone down on his knees to pray that night ! -one morning I gave in . " Heyst tugged violently at a tuft of dried grass , and cast it away from him with a nervous gesture , 4 " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking VICTORY . 7.
... gone down on his knees to pray that night ! -one morning I gave in . " Heyst tugged violently at a tuft of dried grass , and cast it away from him with a nervous gesture , 4 " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking VICTORY . 7.
Page 13
... . I wish I had never heard anything . If I had got up and gone out of the room I don't suppose the woman would have killed me for it ; but she would have rowed me in a nasty way . She called me names . are helpless VICTORY . 13.
... . I wish I had never heard anything . If I had got up and gone out of the room I don't suppose the woman would have killed me for it ; but she would have rowed me in a nasty way . She called me names . are helpless VICTORY . 13.
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... gone with me like this if you had known of whom that abominable idiot of a hotel- keeper was speaking . A murderer - no less ! " “ But I didn't know you at all then , " she cried . " And I had the sense to understand what he was saying ...
... gone with me like this if you had known of whom that abominable idiot of a hotel- keeper was speaking . A murderer - no less ! " “ But I didn't know you at all then , " she cried . " And I had the sense to understand what he was saying ...
Page 32
... gone from her , leaving her only her youth , which seemed very pathetic , very much at his mercy . He moved quickly toward the chair . “ Tired , are you ? It's my fault , taking you up so high and keeping you out so long . Such a ...
... gone from her , leaving her only her youth , which seemed very pathetic , very much at his mercy . He moved quickly toward the chair . “ Tired , are you ? It's my fault , taking you up so high and keeping you out so long . Such a ...
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... gone to the shore end of the wharf , to get a few lumps of coal from the big heap , when , happening to raise his eyes from the ground , he saw the boat- t — a white man boat , not a canoe . He had good eyes . He had seen the boat ...
... gone to the shore end of the wharf , to get a few lumps of coal from the big heap , when , happening to raise his eyes from the ground , he saw the boat- t — a white man boat , not a canoe . He had good eyes . He had seen the boat ...
Common terms and phrases
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