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Page 32
... asked him where he had left Heyst . " Why , in Sourabaya - where else ? " The Tesmans had their principal counting - house in Sourabaya . There had long existed a connection between Heyst and the Tesmans . The incongruity of a hermit ...
... asked him where he had left Heyst . " Why , in Sourabaya - where else ? " The Tesmans had their principal counting - house in Sourabaya . There had long existed a connection between Heyst and the Tesmans . The incongruity of a hermit ...
Page 35
... asked in a distant , Officer - of - the Reserve manner : " You desire ? " The good Davidson still sponging his wet neck , de- clared with simplicity that he had come to fetch away Heyst , as agreed . " Not here ! " A Chinaman appeared ...
... asked in a distant , Officer - of - the Reserve manner : " You desire ? " The good Davidson still sponging his wet neck , de- clared with simplicity that he had come to fetch away Heyst , as agreed . " Not here ! " A Chinaman appeared ...
Page 36
... asked with brusque rage : " You wanted to see him ? " 99 " Why , yes , " said Davidson . " We agreed to meet- " Don't you bother . He doesn't care about that now . " " Doesn't he ? " " Well , you can judge for yourself . He isn't here ...
... asked with brusque rage : " You wanted to see him ? " 99 " Why , yes , " said Davidson . " We agreed to meet- " Don't you bother . He doesn't care about that now . " " Doesn't he ? " " Well , you can judge for yourself . He isn't here ...
Page 39
... asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of Davidson ; the smile of a man making an ...
... asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A smile played about the fat features of Davidson ; the smile of a man making an ...
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... asked him if he had passed that way lately . " Oh , yes . I always do - about half a mile off . " " Seen anybody about ? " " No , not a soul . Not a shadow . " " Did you blow your whistle ? " " Blow the whistle ? You think I would do ...
... asked him if he had passed that way lately . " Oh , yes . I always do - about half a mile off . " " Seen anybody about ? " " No , not a soul . Not a shadow . " " Did you blow your whistle ? " " Blow the whistle ? You think I would do ...
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