Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 23
... eyes rested on her , inqui- sitive , ready for tenderness . " But it was neither one nor the other , " he went on . " Then , why your emotion ? All you confess is that you wouldn't judge me . ” She turned upon him her veiled , unseeing ...
... eyes rested on her , inqui- sitive , ready for tenderness . " But it was neither one nor the other , " he went on . " Then , why your emotion ? All you confess is that you wouldn't judge me . ” She turned upon him her veiled , unseeing ...
Page 29
... eyes with both hands . It was one of his father's . He opened it haphazard , and his eyes fell on the middle of the page . The elder Heyst had written of everything in many books - of space and of time , of animals and of stars ...
... eyes with both hands . It was one of his father's . He opened it haphazard , and his eyes fell on the middle of the page . The elder Heyst had written of everything in many books - of space and of time , of animals and of stars ...
Page 31
... eyes followed the words on the last page of the book : Men of tormented conscience , or of a criminal imagination , are aware of much that minds of a peaceful , resigned cast do not even suspect . It is not poets alone who dare descend ...
... eyes followed the words on the last page of the book : Men of tormented conscience , or of a criminal imagination , are aware of much that minds of a peaceful , resigned cast do not even suspect . It is not poets alone who dare descend ...
Page 32
... eyes . " " The rest would have done you good after our walk . Didn't you try ? " " I was lying down , I tell you , but sleep I couldn't . " " And you made no sound ! What want of sin- cerity ! Or did you want to be alone for a time ...
... eyes . " " The rest would have done you good after our walk . Didn't you try ? " " I was lying down , I tell you , but sleep I couldn't . " " And you made no sound ! What want of sin- cerity ! Or did you want to be alone for a time ...
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... eyes . Some- thing wild in their grey stare made him think of sea- birds in the cold murkiness of high latitudes . He started when she spoke , all the charm of physical intimacy revealed suddenly in that voice . " You should try to love ...
... eyes . Some- thing wild in their grey stare made him think of sea- birds in the cold murkiness of high latitudes . He started when she spoke , all the charm of physical intimacy revealed suddenly in that voice . " You should try to love ...
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