Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 18
... side and took her hand . She asked gently : " What more do you want from me ? ” He made no sound for a time . " The impossible , I suppose , " he said very low , as one makes a confidence , and pressing the hand he grasped . It did not ...
... side and took her hand . She asked gently : " What more do you want from me ? ” He made no sound for a time . " The impossible , I suppose , " he said very low , as one makes a confidence , and pressing the hand he grasped . It did not ...
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... side . Before she could make a move- ment , or even turn her head his way , he took her in his arms and kissed her lips . He tasted on them the bitterness of a tear fallen there . He had never seen It was like another appeal to his ...
... side . Before she could make a move- ment , or even turn her head his way , he took her in his arms and kissed her lips . He tasted on them the bitterness of a tear fallen there . He had never seen It was like another appeal to his ...
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... side of the jaws and down the hairy throat , soaked the black pelt of the enormous chest , naked under a torn check shirt , heaving convulsively with a play of massive muscles carved in red mahogany . As soon as the second man had ...
... side of the jaws and down the hairy throat , soaked the black pelt of the enormous chest , naked under a torn check shirt , heaving convulsively with a play of massive muscles carved in red mahogany . As soon as the second man had ...
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... side of Heyst . He swayed like a reed . The night descending on Samburan turned into dense shadow the point of land and the wharf itself , and gave a dark solidity to the unshimmering water extending to the last faint trace of light ...
... side of Heyst . He swayed like a reed . The night descending on Samburan turned into dense shadow the point of land and the wharf itself , and gave a dark solidity to the unshimmering water extending to the last faint trace of light ...
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... obscure sense of an impending crisis . Pedro on one side of them and Wang on the other had the air of watchful spectators . A few stars had come out pursuing the ebbing twilight . A light draught of air , tepid VICTORY . 59.
... obscure sense of an impending crisis . Pedro on one side of them and Wang on the other had the air of watchful spectators . A few stars had come out pursuing the ebbing twilight . A light draught of air , tepid VICTORY . 59.
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words