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Page 50
If it wasn't that he can be made useful in one way or another , I would just as soon have let the governor shoot him . ” He smiled up at Heyst in his peculiar lip - retracting manner , and added by way of afterthought : “ That's what ...
If it wasn't that he can be made useful in one way or another , I would just as soon have let the governor shoot him . ” He smiled up at Heyst in his peculiar lip - retracting manner , and added by way of afterthought : “ That's what ...
Page 51
The governor sat at the tiller , but he couldn't speak to us . She drove in between the piles till she hit something , and we all tumbled off the thwarts as if we had been drunk . Drunk_ha , ha ! Too dry , by George !
The governor sat at the tiller , but he couldn't speak to us . She drove in between the piles till she hit something , and we all tumbled off the thwarts as if we had been drunk . Drunk_ha , ha ! Too dry , by George !
Page 85
It was all very well for the governor . He looked upon it as a sort of sport . A gentleman naturally would . But this ticklish and important job had to be pulled off at all costs , both for honour and for safety .
It was all very well for the governor . He looked upon it as a sort of sport . A gentleman naturally would . But this ticklish and important job had to be pulled off at all costs , both for honour and for safety .
Page 86
He had to communicate to his governor views and reflections of such importance that it was absolutely necessary for him to watch their effect on the very countenance of the hearer . At first he had thought that these matters could have ...
He had to communicate to his governor views and reflections of such importance that it was absolutely necessary for him to watch their effect on the very countenance of the hearer . At first he had thought that these matters could have ...
Page 87
... time we did a little think ourselves , " added Ricardo , reassured . Long as they had been together the moods of his governor were still a source of anxiety to his simple soul . " You are always making a fuss , " remarked VICTORY . 87.
... time we did a little think ourselves , " added Ricardo , reassured . Long as they had been together the moods of his governor were still a source of anxiety to his simple soul . " You are always making a fuss , " remarked VICTORY . 87.
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| 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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