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Page 9
The girl extended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sitting
posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefinable expression of anxiety ,
as if she were unable to draw breath . " What has come to you ? ” he insisted ,
feeling ...
The girl extended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sitting
posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefinable expression of anxiety ,
as if she were unable to draw breath . " What has come to you ? ” he insisted ,
feeling ...
Page 17
... of the man on whom she now depended with a completeness of which she had
not been vividly conscious before , because , till then , she had never felt herself
swinging between the abysses of earth and heaven in the hollow of his arm .
... of the man on whom she now depended with a completeness of which she had
not been vividly conscious before , because , till then , she had never felt herself
swinging between the abysses of earth and heaven in the hollow of his arm .
Page 24
I— " A brusque movement of his arm , flinging her and away , stopped her short .
Heyst had again lost control of himself . He would have shouted , if shouting had
been in his character . “ No , this earth must be the appointed hatching planet of ...
I— " A brusque movement of his arm , flinging her and away , stopped her short .
Heyst had again lost control of himself . He would have shouted , if shouting had
been in his character . “ No , this earth must be the appointed hatching planet of ...
Page 25
Before she could make a movement , 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 her cry . It was like another appeal to his tenderness -a
...
Before she could make a movement , 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 her cry . It was like another appeal to his tenderness -a
...
Page 33
He forgot himself in the contemplation of those passive arms , of these
defenceless lips , and — yes , one had to go back to them of these wide open
eyes . Something wild in their grey stare made him think of seabirds in the cold
murkiness of ...
He forgot himself in the contemplation of those passive arms , of these
defenceless lips , and — yes , one had to go back to them of these wide open
eyes . Something wild in their grey stare made him think of seabirds in the cold
murkiness of ...
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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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