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Page 36
... eyes , rounded by the state of con- stant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their vic- tim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get ...
... eyes , rounded by the state of con- stant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their vic- tim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get ...
Page 56
... eyes of the executants , there was a suggestion of brutality - something cruel , sensual and repulsive . " This is awful ! " Heyst murmured to himself . But there is an unholy fascination in systematic noise . He did not flee from it ...
... eyes of the executants , there was a suggestion of brutality - something cruel , sensual and repulsive . " This is awful ! " Heyst murmured to himself . But there is an unholy fascination in systematic noise . He did not flee from it ...
Page 58
... eyes swept back there again , the girl , with the big woman treading at her heels , was coming down the three steps from the platform to the floor of the hall . There she paused , stumbled one pace forward , and stood still again ...
... eyes swept back there again , the girl , with the big woman treading at her heels , was coming down the three steps from the platform to the floor of the hall . There she paused , stumbled one pace forward , and stood still again ...
Page 59
... eyes . " Excuse me , " he said in English , “ but that horrible fe- male has done something to you . She has pinched you , hasn't she ? I am sure she pinched you just now , when she stood by your chair . " The girl received this ...
... eyes . " Excuse me , " he said in English , “ but that horrible fe- male has done something to you . She has pinched you , hasn't she ? I am sure she pinched you just now , when she stood by your chair . " The girl received this ...
Page 60
... eyes ; and very soon they met again , tem- porarily , only to rebound , as it were . At last they steadied in contact , but by that time , say some fifteen minutes from the moment when they sat down , the " interval " came to an end ...
... eyes ; and very soon they met again , tem- porarily , only to rebound , as it were . At last they steadied in contact , but by that time , say some fifteen minutes from the moment when they sat down , the " interval " came to an end ...
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