Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 120
... curtain was fitted inside , heavy enough and long enough not to stir . A curtain ! This unforeseen veil , baffling his curiosity , checked his brusqueness . He did not fling it aside with an impatient movement ; he only looked at it ...
... curtain was fitted inside , heavy enough and long enough not to stir . A curtain ! This unforeseen veil , baffling his curiosity , checked his brusqueness . He did not fling it aside with an impatient movement ; he only looked at it ...
Page 122
... curtain . The stuff , tossed up violently by his ruch , settled itself with a slow , floating descent into vertical folds , motionless , without a shudder even , in the still , warm air . II The clock - which once upon a time had 122 ...
... curtain . The stuff , tossed up violently by his ruch , settled itself with a slow , floating descent into vertical folds , motionless , without a shudder even , in the still , warm air . II The clock - which once upon a time had 122 ...
Page 123
... curtain . For it was behind it that he had located the strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve a round , amazed stare ; but they remained still , dead still , and ...
... curtain . For it was behind it that he had located the strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve a round , amazed stare ; but they remained still , dead still , and ...
Page 124
... curtain . A chair fell over , not with a crash but lightly , as if just grazed , and a faint metallic ring of the tin bath succeeded . Finally the tense silence , as of two adversaires locked in a deadly grip , was ended by the heavy ...
... curtain . A chair fell over , not with a crash but lightly , as if just grazed , and a faint metallic ring of the tin bath succeeded . Finally the tense silence , as of two adversaires locked in a deadly grip , was ended by the heavy ...
Page 125
... curtain . Ricardo , feeling his throat with tender care , breathed out admiringly : " You have fingers like steel . Jimminy ! You have muscle like a giant ! " Luckily for Lena , Ricardo's onset had been so sudden she was winding her two ...
... curtain . Ricardo , feeling his throat with tender care , breathed out admiringly : " You have fingers like steel . Jimminy ! You have muscle like a giant ! " Luckily for Lena , Ricardo's onset had been so sudden she was winding her two ...
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