Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 8
... matters , " he observed . " And perhaps there is a grain of freak- ishness in my nature . It amused me to go about ... matter ? I say , Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do ill ? " Do you feel Heyst made as if to get on his feet ...
... matters , " he observed . " And perhaps there is a grain of freak- ishness in my nature . It amused me to go about ... matter ? I say , Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do ill ? " Do you feel Heyst made as if to get on his feet ...
Page 10
... matter of fact had forgotten all about the late Mor- rison at that moment . " No , " he exclaimed suddenly . " What an im- penetrable girl you are , Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said ...
... matter of fact had forgotten all about the late Mor- rison at that moment . " No , " he exclaimed suddenly . " What an im- penetrable girl you are , Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said ...
Page 14
... anything bad , for the poor fellow was innocence itself . And then , you know , he is dead , and nothing can possibly matter to him now . " " But I tell you that it was of you he was talking ! ” she cried . " He was saying 14 VICTORY .
... anything bad , for the poor fellow was innocence itself . And then , you know , he is dead , and nothing can possibly matter to him now . " " But I tell you that it was of you he was talking ! ” she cried . " He was saying 14 VICTORY .
Page 17
... matter to me what anybody had ever said or believed , from the beginning of the world till the crack of doom ! " " I never heard you laugh till to - day , " she observed . " This is the second time . " He scrambled to his feet and ...
... matter to me what anybody had ever said or believed , from the beginning of the world till the crack of doom ! " " I never heard you laugh till to - day , " she observed . " This is the second time . " He scrambled to his feet and ...
Page 43
... matter ? Are you wounded ? ” The other glanced down , reeled — one of his feet was inside a large pith hat - and , recovering himself , let out a dismal , grating sound in the manner of a grim laugh . " Blood - not mine . hausted's the ...
... matter ? Are you wounded ? ” The other glanced down , reeled — one of his feet was inside a large pith hat - and , recovering himself , let out a dismal , grating sound in the manner of a grim laugh . " Blood - not mine . hausted's the ...
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