Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 42
... course , could not understand that . He was grotesquely dense . Whenever three people came together in his hotel , he took good care that Heyst should be with them . " I hope the fellow did not go and drown himself , " he would add with ...
... course , could not understand that . He was grotesquely dense . Whenever three people came together in his hotel , he took good care that Heyst should be with them . " I hope the fellow did not go and drown himself , " he would add with ...
Page 47
... course he had no more polish than the rest of us . We were naturally a hail - fellow - well - met crowd , with standards of our own — no worse , I daresay , than other people's ; but polish was not one of them . Davidson's fineness was ...
... course he had no more polish than the rest of us . We were naturally a hail - fellow - well - met crowd , with standards of our own — no worse , I daresay , than other people's ; but polish was not one of them . Davidson's fineness was ...
Page 48
... course . He was asking everybody about everything , and arranging the information into the most scandalous shape his imagi- nation could invent . From time to time he would step up , his blinking , cushioned eyes , his 48 VICTORY .
... course . He was asking everybody about everything , and arranging the information into the most scandalous shape his imagi- nation could invent . From time to time he would step up , his blinking , cushioned eyes , his 48 VICTORY .
Page 52
... course , but never a white man , so the presence of Heyst for two days must have been a godsend . Davidson was telling us all about it afterward . Heyst said that his father had written a lot of books . He was a philosopher . " Seems to ...
... course , but never a white man , so the presence of Heyst for two days must have been a godsend . Davidson was telling us all about it afterward . Heyst said that his father had written a lot of books . He was a philosopher . " Seems to ...
Page 53
... course , and took it for granted that he would stay with one of the Tesmans . One of us even wondered what sort of reception he would get ; for it was known that Julius Tesman was unreasonably bitter about the Tropical Belt Coal fiasco ...
... course , and took it for granted that he would stay with one of the Tesmans . One of us even wondered what sort of reception he would get ; for it was known that Julius Tesman was unreasonably bitter about the Tropical Belt Coal fiasco ...
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