Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 169
... Pedro cook for all hands in your compound . He isn't so bad as he looks . V That's what we will do ! ' " He bustled out of the room to the veranda , and let out an air - splitting whistle for their Pedro . Having heard the brute's ...
... Pedro cook for all hands in your compound . He isn't so bad as he looks . V That's what we will do ! ' " He bustled out of the room to the veranda , and let out an air - splitting whistle for their Pedro . Having heard the brute's ...
Page 172
... Pedro was in the room too . Had he seen me engaged with their two throats , he would have been at mine like a fierce dog , or any other savage and faithful brute . I had no difficulty in dissembling my longing for the vulgar , stupid ...
... Pedro was in the room too . Had he seen me engaged with their two throats , he would have been at mine like a fierce dog , or any other savage and faithful brute . I had no difficulty in dissembling my longing for the vulgar , stupid ...
Page 173
... I was turning away he said : " If you happen to have the key of that store- room of yours on you , Mr. Heyst , you may just as well let me have it ; I will give it to our Pedro . ' " I had it on me , and I tendered VICTORY . 173.
... I was turning away he said : " If you happen to have the key of that store- room of yours on you , Mr. Heyst , you may just as well let me have it ; I will give it to our Pedro . ' " I had it on me , and I tendered VICTORY . 173.
Page 178
... three feet of the thunderstruck Pedro , without even looking in his direction . He rose from stooping over a fire of sticks , and , balancing himself clumsily , uncovered his enormous fangs in gaping astonish- ment . Then 178 VICTORY .
... three feet of the thunderstruck Pedro , without even looking in his direction . He rose from stooping over a fire of sticks , and , balancing himself clumsily , uncovered his enormous fangs in gaping astonish- ment . Then 178 VICTORY .
Page 181
... Pedro , lifting his feet alternately , swayed to and fro sideways — his usual attitude of expectation . His little red eyes , lost in the mass of hair , were motionless . Ricardo stared into them with calculated contempt and said in a ...
... Pedro , lifting his feet alternately , swayed to and fro sideways — his usual attitude of expectation . His little red eyes , lost in the mass of hair , were motionless . Ricardo stared into them with calculated contempt and said in a ...
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