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Page 7
And was I now, he asked me, to spurn and ruin him 2 Well, one morning—I
wonder if he had 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
...
And was I now, he asked me, to spurn and ruin him 2 Well, one morning—I
wonder if he had 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
...
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 would have threatened me and called me 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 would have threatened me and called me VICTORY. 13.
Page 19
“I tell you what you can do—you can tell me whether you would have gone with
me like this if you had known of whom that abominable idiot of a hotelkeeper was
speaking. A murderer—no less!” “But I didn't know you at all then,” she cried.
“I tell you what you can do—you can tell me whether you would have gone with
me like this if you had known of whom that abominable idiot of a hotelkeeper was
speaking. A murderer—no less!” “But I didn't know you at all then,” she cried.
Page 32
When he turned round, he saw that she had dropped into the chair—it was the
one she always used—and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her,
leaving her only her youth, which seemed very pathetic, very much at his mercy.
When he turned round, he saw that she had dropped into the chair—it was the
one she always used—and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her,
leaving her only her youth, which seemed very pathetic, very much at his mercy.
Page 39
Wang explained in Malay that he had 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—a white man boat, not a canoe. He had good eyes.
Wang explained in Malay that he had 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—a white man boat, not a canoe. He had good eyes.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2 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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