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Page 76
... feelings were in a state of confusion , but his mind was clear . " That's bad . But it isn't actual ill - usage that this girl is complaining of , " he thought lucidly after she left him . II THAT was how it began . How it was 76 VICTORY.
... feelings were in a state of confusion , but his mind was clear . " That's bad . But it isn't actual ill - usage that this girl is complaining of , " he thought lucidly after she left him . II THAT was how it began . How it was 76 VICTORY.
Page 103
... feelings . And that fellow of mine where did you tuck him away ? Oh , he will be all right . When he wants anything he'll take it . He's Peter . Citizen of Colombia , Peter , Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro ...
... feelings . And that fellow of mine where did you tuck him away ? Oh , he will be all right . When he wants anything he'll take it . He's Peter . Citizen of Colombia , Peter , Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro ...
Page 120
... feelings . He wasn't capable of murder . He was certain of that . And , remembering suddenly the plain speeches of Mr. Jones , he would think : " I suppose I am too tame for that " -quite unaware that he had murdered the poor woman ...
... feelings . He wasn't capable of murder . He was certain of that . And , remembering suddenly the plain speeches of Mr. Jones , he would think : " I suppose I am too tame for that " -quite unaware that he had murdered the poor woman ...
Page 133
... feeling . I have no feelings . If the skipper had said , ' Oh , bosh ! ' and had turned his back on me , he would not have gone three steps towards his bed ; but he stood there and stared . And now the job was to get him off the deck ...
... feeling . I have no feelings . If the skipper had said , ' Oh , bosh ! ' and had turned his back on me , he would not have gone three steps towards his bed ; but he stood there and stared . And now the job was to get him off the deck ...
Page 143
... there I learned later . I carried it stuck in my belt that day . No , I hadn't much stomach for the job ; but when you work with a gentleman of the real right sort you may depend on your feelings being seen through your skin . VICTORY 143.
... there I learned later . I carried it stuck in my belt that day . No , I hadn't much stomach for the job ; but when you work with a gentleman of the real right sort you may depend on your feelings being seen through your skin . VICTORY 143.
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