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Page 65
There was still no light in his bungalow , and he thought that perhaps it was just
as well . By this time he was much less perturbed . Wang had preceded him with
the lantern , as if in a hurry to get away from the two white men and their hairy ...
There was still no light in his bungalow , and he thought that perhaps it was just
as well . By this time he was much less perturbed . Wang had preceded him with
the lantern , as if in a hurry to get away from the two white men and their hairy ...
Page 66
He came up to the bungalow , and , at the very limit of the lantern's light , on the
top step , he saw her feet and the bottom part of her dress . The rest of her person
was suggested dimly as high as her waist . She sat on a chair , and the gloom of
...
He came up to the bungalow , and , at the very limit of the lantern's light , on the
top step , he saw her feet and the bottom part of her dress . The rest of her person
was suggested dimly as high as her waist . She sat on a chair , and the gloom of
...
Page 69
Heyst was aware that this visit could bode nothing pleasant . In his present
soured temper towards all mankind he looked upon a visitation of a particularly
offensive kind . He glanced along the veranda in the direction of the other
bungalow .
Heyst was aware that this visit could bode nothing pleasant . In his present
soured temper towards all mankind he looked upon a visitation of a particularly
offensive kind . He glanced along the veranda in the direction of the other
bungalow .
Page 80
The whole bungalow consisted of the two rooms and a profuse allowance of
veranda all round . Heyst stepped out on the veranda . " It's Wang , beyond a
doubt , " he thought , staring into the night . “ He has got hold of it for some reason
.
The whole bungalow consisted of the two rooms and a profuse allowance of
veranda all round . Heyst stepped out on the veranda . " It's Wang , beyond a
doubt , " he thought , staring into the night . “ He has got hold of it for some reason
.
Page 81
But even that sort of interest was dying out when , looking to his left , he saw the
accustomed shapes of the other bungalows looming in the night , and
remembered the arrival of the thirsty company in the boat . Wang would hardly
risk such a ...
But even that sort of interest was dying out when , looking to his left , he saw the
accustomed shapes of the other bungalows looming in the night , and
remembered the arrival of the thirsty company in the boat . Wang would hardly
risk such a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2 Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
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