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Page 19
... There was at once a great transformation act : Morrison raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to ...
... There was at once a great transformation act : Morrison raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to ...
Page 21
... there , all this had an air . We were more puzzled than dazzled , it is true ; but even the most sober- minded among us began to think that there was some- thing in it . The Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail ...
... there , all this had an air . We were more puzzled than dazzled , it is true ; but even the most sober- minded among us began to think that there was some- thing in it . The Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail ...
Page 24
... There's no more romantic temperament on earth than the temperament of a company promoter . Engineers came out , coolies were imported , bungalows were put up on Samburan , a gallery driven into the hillside , and actually some coal got ...
... There's no more romantic temperament on earth than the temperament of a company promoter . Engineers came out , coolies were imported , bungalows were put up on Samburan , a gallery driven into the hillside , and actually some coal got ...
Page 25
... There's nothing in it . Why , there can't be anything in it . A fellow like that for manager ? Phoo ! " Was it the clairvoyance of imbecile hatred , or mere stupid tenacity of opinion , which ends sometimes by scoring against the world ...
... There's nothing in it . Why , there can't be anything in it . A fellow like that for manager ? Phoo ! " Was it the clairvoyance of imbecile hatred , or mere stupid tenacity of opinion , which ends sometimes by scoring against the world ...
Page 28
... There's something in him . One doesn't care to . ' But what's the object ? Are you thinking of keeping possession of the mine ? ' I asked him . 666 " Something of the sort , ' he says . I am keeping hold . ' " But all this is as dead as ...
... There's something in him . One doesn't care to . ' But what's the object ? Are you thinking of keeping possession of the mine ? ' I asked him . 666 " Something of the sort , ' he says . I am keeping hold . ' " But all this is as dead as ...
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