Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 91
... Chinaman , though . " " Ay , there's the Chink , " assented Ricardo rather absentmindedly . He was debating in his mind the advisability of making a clean breast of his knowledge of the girl's existence . Finally he concluded he wouldn ...
... Chinaman , though . " " Ay , there's the Chink , " assented Ricardo rather absentmindedly . He was debating in his mind the advisability of making a clean breast of his knowledge of the girl's existence . Finally he concluded he wouldn ...
Page 94
... Chinaman is unfathomable . " A Ricardo admitted that this might be so . Anyhow , a Chink was neither here nor there , as a general thing , unfathomable as he might be ; but a Swedish baron wasn't — couldn't be ! The woods were full of ...
... Chinaman is unfathomable . " A Ricardo admitted that this might be so . Anyhow , a Chink was neither here nor there , as a general thing , unfathomable as he might be ; but a Swedish baron wasn't — couldn't be ! The woods were full of ...
Page 97
... Chinaman . " Ricardo started slightly . " Oh , ay - the Chink ! " Ricardo had been on the point of confessing about the girl ; but no ! He wanted his governor to be unperturbed and steady . Vague thoughts , which he hardly dared to look ...
... Chinaman . " Ricardo started slightly . " Oh , ay - the Chink ! " Ricardo had been on the point of confessing about the girl ; but no ! He wanted his governor to be unperturbed and steady . Vague thoughts , which he hardly dared to look ...
Page 114
... Chinaman passed off the scene in a very commonplace manner , by going up the steps and disappearing in the darkness of the doorway . Only then the yellow eyes of Martin Ricardo lost their intent fixity . He understood that it was time ...
... Chinaman passed off the scene in a very commonplace manner , by going up the steps and disappearing in the darkness of the doorway . Only then the yellow eyes of Martin Ricardo lost their intent fixity . He understood that it was time ...
Page 124
... Chinaman idling there , with nothing but perhaps an unserved breakfast on his mind . It was at this time that Wang made up his mind to give up all connection with Number One , a man not only disarmed but already half vanquished . Till ...
... Chinaman idling there , with nothing but perhaps an unserved breakfast on his mind . It was at this time that Wang made up his mind to give up all connection with Number One , a man not only disarmed but already half vanquished . Till ...
Common terms and phrases
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