Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 85
... bungalow . It would have been madness to start prowling in the dark on unknown ground . And for what end ? Unless to relieve the oppression . Immobility lay on his limbs like a leaden garment . And yet he was unwilling to give up . He ...
... bungalow . It would have been madness to start prowling in the dark on unknown ground . And for what end ? Unless to relieve the oppression . Immobility lay on his limbs like a leaden garment . And yet he was unwilling to give up . He ...
Page 99
... bungalow ? You remember what he said , Martin ? Sounded cryptic . " Martin , who remembered and understood the phrase as directly motived by the existence of the girl , waited a little before saying : " Some of his artfulness , sir ...
... bungalow ? You remember what he said , Martin ? Sounded cryptic . " Martin , who remembered and understood the phrase as directly motived by the existence of the girl , waited a little before saying : " Some of his artfulness , sir ...
Page 102
... bungalow , " argued Ricardo with real anxiety . No. A house can be burnt - set on fire accident- ally , or on purpose , while a man's asleep . Under the house or in some crack , cranny , or crevice ? Something told him it wasn't that ...
... bungalow , " argued Ricardo with real anxiety . No. A house can be burnt - set on fire accident- ally , or on purpose , while a man's asleep . Under the house or in some crack , cranny , or crevice ? Something told him it wasn't that ...
Page 111
... bungalow with an animal - like patience , if with a very human com- plexity of purpose . This was the second morning of such watching . The first one had not been rewarded by success . hurry . Well , strictly speaking , there was no The ...
... bungalow with an animal - like patience , if with a very human com- plexity of purpose . This was the second morning of such watching . The first one had not been rewarded by success . hurry . Well , strictly speaking , there was no The ...
Page 112
... bungalows , irregularly disposed along a flat curve . Over the veranda rail of the farthermost one hung a dark rug of a tartan pattern , amazingly conspicuous . Ricardo could see the very checks . A brisk fire of sticks was burning on ...
... bungalows , irregularly disposed along a flat curve . Over the veranda rail of the farthermost one hung a dark rug of a tartan pattern , amazingly conspicuous . Ricardo could see the very checks . A brisk fire of sticks was burning on ...
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words