Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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... knees drawn up , Lena rested her elbows on them and held her head in both her hands . " Are you tired of sitting here ? " Heyst asked . An almost imperceptible negative movement of the head was all the answer she made . " Why are you ...
... knees drawn up , Lena rested her elbows on them and held her head in both her hands . " Are you tired of sitting here ? " Heyst asked . An almost imperceptible negative movement of the head was all the answer she made . " Why are you ...
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... 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 nervous gesture , 4 " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking VICTORY . 7.
... 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 nervous gesture , 4 " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking VICTORY . 7.
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... knees before her , their heads on a level . " Why , in that town , in that hotel . could it have been ? " she said . Where else For a The idea of being talked about was always novel to Heyst's simplified conception of himself . moment ...
... knees before her , their heads on a level . " Why , in that town , in that hotel . could it have been ? " she said . Where else For a The idea of being talked about was always novel to Heyst's simplified conception of himself . moment ...
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... knees . Lena's voice spoke above his drooping head : " You sit there as if you were unhappy . " " I thought you were asleep , " he said . " I was lying down , right enough , but I never closed my eyes . " " The rest would have done you ...
... knees . Lena's voice spoke above his drooping head : " You sit there as if you were unhappy . " " I thought you were asleep , " he said . " I was lying down , right enough , but I never closed my eyes . " " The rest would have done you ...
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... knee , he was taking in everything . The sprawling man rolled off the thwart , collapsed , and , most unexpectedly , got on his feet . He swayed dizzily , spreading his arms out , and uttered faintly a hoarse , dreamy , " Hallo ! " His ...
... knee , he was taking in everything . The sprawling man rolled off the thwart , collapsed , and , most unexpectedly , got on his feet . He swayed dizzily , spreading his arms out , and uttered faintly a hoarse , dreamy , " Hallo ! " His ...
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