Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 65
... face , and it came dis- agreeably into my head that he was playing some part ; that his talk was delusive , his anger feigned ; that , perhaps , he still suspected me of being a Separationist . He went on talking about the failure of ...
... face , and it came dis- agreeably into my head that he was playing some part ; that his talk was delusive , his anger feigned ; that , perhaps , he still suspected me of being a Separationist . He went on talking about the failure of ...
Page 67
... face turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the doorway . He held a full glass very carefully and started to de- scend . Suddenly he stopped ...
... face turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the doorway . He held a full glass very carefully and started to de- scend . Suddenly he stopped ...
Page 70
... face , and he began to call out , " I know him . I know him perfectly well . He's John Kemp . I'll com- mit him at once . The papers are in the barouche . " After that he seemed to take it into his head that I was going to assault him ...
... face , and he began to call out , " I know him . I know him perfectly well . He's John Kemp . I'll com- mit him at once . The papers are in the barouche . " After that he seemed to take it into his head that I was going to assault him ...
Page 71
... face , and he clawed effusively at my arm . " Well done ! " he bubbled over . " You gave it them ; strike me , you did ! It did me good to see and hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a ...
... face , and he clawed effusively at my arm . " Well done ! " he bubbled over . " You gave it them ; strike me , you did ! It did me good to see and hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a ...
Page 72
... face fell . there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . ” “ But They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would cer- tainly do his best ...
... face fell . there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . ” “ But They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would cer- tainly do his best ...
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