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Page 51
Joseph Conrad. • He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling towards him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson arrived , he was kneeling down ...
Joseph Conrad. • He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling towards him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson arrived , he was kneeling down ...
Page 54
... boat , and Davidson promised to do his best to return it to Mrs. Schomberg in some secret fashion . Heyst expressed his thanks in a few simple words , set off by his manner of finished courtesy . Davidson prepared to depart . They were ...
... boat , and Davidson promised to do his best to return it to Mrs. Schomberg in some secret fashion . Heyst expressed his thanks in a few simple words , set off by his manner of finished courtesy . Davidson prepared to depart . They were ...
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... boat - immediately from Celebes , having boarded her in Macassar , but generally , Schom- berg understood , from up China Sea way ; a wanderer clearly , even as Heyst was , but not alone and of quite another kind . Schomberg , looking ...
... boat - immediately from Celebes , having boarded her in Macassar , but generally , Schom- berg understood , from up China Sea way ; a wanderer clearly , even as Heyst was , but not alone and of quite another kind . Schomberg , looking ...
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... boat in the water astern ever since we came to anchor in the after- noon . He throws the stump of his cigar overboard . " Can you get the captain out on deck ? ' he asks . “ That was the last thing in the world I should have thought of ...
... boat in the water astern ever since we came to anchor in the after- noon . He throws the stump of his cigar overboard . " Can you get the captain out on deck ? ' he asks . “ That was the last thing in the world I should have thought of ...
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... boats and drifting logs , I asked by signs , from be- hind , if I hadn't better knock him on the head and drop him quietly overboard . The night was slipping by , and we had to go . It couldn't be put off till next night no more . No ...
... boats and drifting logs , I asked by signs , from be- hind , if I hadn't better knock him on the head and drop him quietly overboard . The night was slipping by , and we had to go . It couldn't be put off till next night no more . No ...
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