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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 ...
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 ...
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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 .
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 .
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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— " 14 A brusque movement of his arm , flinging her and away , stopped her short .
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— " 14 A brusque movement of his arm , flinging her and away , stopped her short .
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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 . V When she opened her eyes at last and sat 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 . V When she opened her eyes at last and sat VICTORY . 25.
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... 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 .
... 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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