Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 71
... curtain that hung in the doorway , and raised it with a steady hand . The conditions of their life in Samburan would have made peeping absurd ; nor was such a thing in her character . This was not a movement of curiosity , but of ...
... curtain that hung in the doorway , and raised it with a steady hand . The conditions of their life in Samburan would have made peeping absurd ; nor was such a thing in her character . This was not a movement of curiosity , but of ...
Page 72
... curtain fall behind her . Something characteristic in , Heyst's attitude made her say , almost in a whisper . You are looking for something . " He could not have heard her before ; but he didn't start at the unexpected whisper . He only ...
... curtain fall behind her . Something characteristic in , Heyst's attitude made her say , almost in a whisper . You are looking for something . " He could not have heard her before ; but he didn't start at the unexpected whisper . He only ...
Page 79
... curtain he had to lift as he passed out , and the outer door , wide open on the blackness of the veranda - for the roof eaves came down low , shutting out the starlight — gave him a sense of having been dangerously exposed , he I could ...
... curtain he had to lift as he passed out , and the outer door , wide open on the blackness of the veranda - for the roof eaves came down low , shutting out the starlight — gave him a sense of having been dangerously exposed , he I could ...
Page 82
... curtain . Heyst did really light a cheroot before going out again on the veranda . He glanced up from under the low eaves , to see by the stars how the night went on . It was going very slowly . Why it should have irked him he did not ...
... curtain . Heyst did really light a cheroot before going out again on the veranda . He glanced up from under the low eaves , to see by the stars how the night went on . It was going very slowly . Why it should have irked him he did not ...
Page 113
... curtain from the mighty limb sixty feet above his head . His very eyelids were still , and this unblink- ing watchfulness gave him the dreamy air of a cat posed on a hearth - rug contemplating the fire . Was he dreaming ? There , in ...
... curtain from the mighty limb sixty feet above his head . His very eyelids were still , and this unblink- ing watchfulness gave him the dreamy air of a cat posed on a hearth - rug contemplating the fire . Was he dreaming ? There , in ...
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