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Page 237
... Number One , a man not only dis- armed but already half vanquished . Till that morning he had had doubts as to his course of action , but this over- heard scuffle decided the question . Number One was a doomed man - one of those beings ...
... Number One , a man not only dis- armed but already half vanquished . Till that morning he had had doubts as to his course of action , but this over- heard scuffle decided the question . Number One was a doomed man - one of those beings ...
Page 251
... Number One for whom the Chinaman had neither love nor dislike . He had been awed enough by that devel- opment to hang back with the coffee - pot till at last the white man was induced to call him in . Wang went in with curiosity ...
... Number One for whom the Chinaman had neither love nor dislike . He had been awed enough by that devel- opment to hang back with the coffee - pot till at last the white man was induced to call him in . Wang went in with curiosity ...
Page 254
... Number One , came later , after he had obtained possession of the revolver and of the box of cartridges out of the table drawer in the living - room . " Oh , you savee plenty about white men , " Heyst went on in a slightly bantering ...
... Number One , came later , after he had obtained possession of the revolver and of the box of cartridges out of the table drawer in the living - room . " Oh , you savee plenty about white men , " Heyst went on in a slightly bantering ...
Page 256
... Number One's sight . " " The Chinaman's departure altered the situation . Heyst reflected on what would be best to do in view of that fact . For a long time he hesitated ; then , shrugging his shoulders wearily , he walked out on the ...
... Number One's sight . " " The Chinaman's departure altered the situation . Heyst reflected on what would be best to do in view of that fact . For a long time he hesitated ; then , shrugging his shoulders wearily , he walked out on the ...
Page 278
... Number One bungalow . " It's quite irrational , " he declared in a still lower tone . “ Better go in , sir , " suggested Ricardo . " What's that ? Those screens weren't down before . He's spying from be- hind them now , I bet - the ...
... Number One bungalow . " It's quite irrational , " he declared in a still lower tone . “ Better go in , sir , " suggested Ricardo . " What's that ? Those screens weren't down before . He's spying from be- hind them now , I bet - the ...
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