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Page 33
... eyes agape . He spat again , and waved a claw towards the forward bulk- head . 66 They'll do it for yeh , " he said . " You're such a green goose , it makes me sick a bit . You hevn't reckoned out the chances , not quite . It's a kind ...
... eyes agape . He spat again , and waved a claw towards the forward bulk- head . 66 They'll do it for yeh , " he said . " You're such a green goose , it makes me sick a bit . You hevn't reckoned out the chances , not quite . It's a kind ...
Page 37
... eyes , “ It is a good life , " he whispered seductively , " and I like you , John Kemp . You are young ― very young yet . But I love you very much for your own sake , and for the sake of one I shall never see again . " He fascinated me ...
... eyes , “ It is a good life , " he whispered seductively , " and I like you , John Kemp . You are young ― very young yet . But I love you very much for your own sake , and for the sake of one I shall never see again . " He fascinated me ...
Page 38
... eyes in the dusk , standing in a languid pose just clear of the shaft of light that fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . " What life ? " I asked . " Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly ...
... eyes in the dusk , standing in a languid pose just clear of the shaft of light that fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . " What life ? " I asked . " Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly ...
Page 39
... eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an extraordinary swift motion with his right hand , and I saw that he was facing me with a long steel blade dis- played . Carlos continued to cough . The thing seemed odd ...
... eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an extraordinary swift motion with his right hand , and I saw that he was facing me with a long steel blade dis- played . Carlos continued to cough . The thing seemed odd ...
Page 42
... eyes at me , meditatively , above the mother - of - pearl rims . He was so slow , so deliberate , that I own I began to wonder whether Carlos and Castro were still on board . It seemed to be at least half an hour before Macdonald ...
... eyes at me , meditatively , above the mother - of - pearl rims . He was so slow , so deliberate , that I own I began to wonder whether Carlos and Castro were still on board . It seemed to be at least half an hour before Macdonald ...
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