Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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... lip . " Did you ever know anybody of that name ? " he asked . The girl answered by a negative sign ; and then at last she spoke , jerkily , as if forcing herself against some doubt or fear . She had heard of that very man , she told ...
... lip . " Did you ever know anybody of that name ? " he asked . The girl answered by a negative sign ; and then at last she spoke , jerkily , as if forcing herself against some doubt or fear . She had heard of that very man , she told ...
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... - not even in my thoughts , not even in my dreams . " He raised her hand to his lips , and let them rest on it for a space , during which she moved a little After the lingering kiss he did not closer to him 20 VICTORY .
... - not even in my thoughts , not even in my dreams . " He raised her hand to his lips , and let them rest on it for a space , during which she moved a little After the lingering kiss he did not closer to him 20 VICTORY .
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... lips . He tasted on them the bitterness of a tear fallen there . He had never seen It was like another appeal to his tenderness -a new seduction . The girl glanced round , moved suddenly away , and averted her face . With her hand she ...
... lips . He tasted on them the bitterness of a tear fallen there . He had never seen It was like another appeal to his tenderness -a new seduction . The girl glanced round , moved suddenly away , and averted her face . With her hand she ...
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... lips , nauseating and corrosive like some kinds of poison . He was tempted to spit on the floor , naïvely , in sheer unsophisticated disgust of the physical sensation . He shook his head , surprised at himself . He was not used to ...
... lips , nauseating and corrosive like some kinds of poison . He was tempted to spit on the floor , naïvely , in sheer unsophisticated disgust of the physical sensation . He shook his head , surprised at himself . He was not used to ...
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... lips , and — yes , one had to go back to them — of these wide open eyes . Some- thing wild in their grey stare made him think of sea- birds in the cold murkiness of high latitudes . He started when she spoke , all the charm of physical ...
... lips , and — yes , one had to go back to them — of these wide open eyes . Some- thing wild in their grey stare made him think of sea- birds in the cold murkiness of high latitudes . He started when she spoke , all the charm of physical ...
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