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Page 10
“No,” he exclaimed suddenly. “What an impenetrable girl you are, Lena, with
those grey eyes of yours! Windows of the soul, as some poet has said. The fellow
must have been a glazier by vocation. Well, nature has provided excellently for
the ...
“No,” he exclaimed suddenly. “What an impenetrable girl you are, Lena, with
those grey eyes of yours! Windows of the soul, as some poet has said. The fellow
must have been a glazier by vocation. Well, nature has provided excellently for
the ...
Page 21
All of a sudden he squeezed her hand angrily. His delicately playful equanimity,
the product of kindness and scorn, had perished with the loss of his bitter liberty. -
“Not murder, you say! I should think not. But when you led me to talk just now, ...
All of a sudden he squeezed her hand angrily. His delicately playful equanimity,
the product of kindness and scorn, had perished with the loss of his bitter liberty. -
“Not murder, you say! I should think not. But when you led me to talk just now, ...
Page 24
“Of course, why shouldn't you get tired of that or any other—company ? You aren't
like any one else, and—and the thought of it made me unhappy suddenly; but
indeed, I did not believe anything bad of you. I—” A brusque movement of his arm
...
“Of course, why shouldn't you get tired of that or any other—company ? You aren't
like any one else, and—and the thought of it made me unhappy suddenly; but
indeed, I did not believe anything bad of you. I—” A brusque movement of his arm
...
Page 25
The girl glanced round, moved suddenly away, and averted her face. With her
hand she signed imperiously to him to leave her alone—a command, which
Heyst did not obey. When she opened her eyes at last and sat up, VICTORY. 25.
The girl glanced round, moved suddenly away, and averted her face. With her
hand she signed imperiously to him to leave her alone—a command, which
Heyst did not obey. When she opened her eyes at last and sat up, VICTORY. 25.
Page 32
When he turned round, he saw that she had dropped into the chair—it was the
one she always used—and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her,
leaving her only her youth, which seemed very pathetic, very much at his mercy.
When he turned round, he saw that she had dropped into the chair—it was the
one she always used—and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her,
leaving her only her youth, which seemed very pathetic, very much at his mercy.
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2 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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