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Page 192
... Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do you feel ill ? " Heyst made as if to get on his feet . The girl extended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sit- ting posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefin- able ...
... Lena , why are you staring like that ? Do you feel ill ? " Heyst made as if to get on his feet . The girl extended her arm to arrest him , and he remained staring in a sit- ting posture , propped on one arm , observing her indefin- able ...
Page 193
... Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Win- dows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow must have been a glazier by vocation . Well , nature has pro- vided excellently for the shyness of your soul . " When he ceased speaking ...
... Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Win- dows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow must have been a glazier by vocation . Well , nature has pro- vided excellently for the shyness of your soul . " When he ceased speaking ...
Page 204
... 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 207
... 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 209
... Lena , " he said , " it looks as if you were try- ing 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 mascu- line and ...
... Lena , " he said , " it looks as if you were try- ing 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 mascu- line and ...
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