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Page 203
... Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do you feel ill ? " Heyst made as if to get on his feet . The girl ex- tended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sitting posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefinable ...
... Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do you feel ill ? " Heyst made as if to get on his feet . The girl ex- tended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sitting posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefinable ...
Page 204
... 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 shyness of your soul . " When he ceased speaking , the ...
... 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 shyness of your soul . " When he ceased speaking , the ...
Page 216
... Lena . " She walked ahead in silence . Heyst remarked that they had never been out before during the hottest hours . It would do her no good , he feared . This solicitude pleased and soothed her . She felt more and more like herself a ...
... Lena . " She walked ahead in silence . Heyst remarked that they had never been out before during the hottest hours . It would do her no good , he feared . This solicitude pleased and soothed her . She felt more and more like herself a ...
Page 220
... Lena's voice spoke above his drooping head : " You sit there as if you were unhappy . " " I thought you were asleep , " he said . " I was lying down , right enough , but I never closed my eyes . " " The rest would have done you good ...
... Lena's voice spoke above his drooping head : " You sit there as if you were unhappy . " " I thought you were asleep , " he said . " I was lying down , right enough , but I never closed my eyes . " " The rest would have done you good ...
Page 221
... Lena , " he said , " it looks as if you were trying to pick a very unnecessary quarrel with me- of all people ! " She made no movement . With his elbows spread out he was twisting the ends of his long moustaches , very masculine and ...
... Lena , " he said , " it looks as if you were trying to pick a very unnecessary quarrel with me- of all people ! " She made no movement . With his elbows spread out he was twisting the ends of his long moustaches , very masculine and ...
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