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VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE PART III ( CONTINUED ) IV With her 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 ...
VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE PART III ( CONTINUED ) IV With her 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 ...
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VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE PART III ( CONTINUED ) IV With her 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 ...
VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE PART III ( CONTINUED ) IV With her 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 ...
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Well , one morning — I wonder if he had gone down on his knees to pray that night ! —one morning I gave in . ” I Heyst tugged violently at a tuft of dried grass , and cast it In past " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking.
Well , one morning — I wonder if he had gone down on his knees to pray that night ! —one morning I gave in . ” I Heyst tugged violently at a tuft of dried grass , and cast it In past " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking.
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With the first question he had lifted himself from his reclining position ; at the last he was on his knees before her , their heads on a level . " Why , in that town , in that hotel . Where else could it have been ? " she said .
With the first question he had lifted himself from his reclining position ; at the last he was on his knees before her , their heads on a level . " Why , in that town , in that hotel . Where else could it have been ? " she said .
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Heyst lowered the book to his 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 .
Heyst lowered the book to his 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 .
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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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