Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 119
... felt restless in all his limbs . As this reaction from the long immobility would not be denied , he humoured it by passing quietly along the back veranda and out into the grounds at the side of the house , into the black shadows under ...
... felt restless in all his limbs . As this reaction from the long immobility would not be denied , he humoured it by passing quietly along the back veranda and out into the grounds at the side of the house , into the black shadows under ...
Page 120
... felt her clinging to him after the manner of supplicants all the world over . Her whispers were so incoherent that he could not un- derstand anything ; but this did not prevent him from being profoundly moved . He had no illusions about ...
... felt her clinging to him after the manner of supplicants all the world over . Her whispers were so incoherent that he could not un- derstand anything ; but this did not prevent him from being profoundly moved . He had no illusions about ...
Page 122
... felt ashamed of his fastidiousness . " I am afraid we have been detected , " he mur- mured . " I think I saw somebody on the path between the house and the bushes behind you . " He had seen no one . It was a compassionate lie , if there ...
... felt ashamed of his fastidiousness . " I am afraid we have been detected , " he mur- mured . " I think I saw somebody on the path between the house and the bushes behind you . " He had seen no one . It was a compassionate lie , if there ...
Page 128
... felt disposed to smile . I've not had many chances to smile in my life , I can tell you ; especially of late . " " But you do it most charmingly — in a perfectly fascinating way . " He paused . She stood still , waiting for more with ...
... felt disposed to smile . I've not had many chances to smile in my life , I can tell you ; especially of late . " " But you do it most charmingly — in a perfectly fascinating way . " He paused . She stood still , waiting for more with ...
Page 129
... felt so strange that he could not resist the suspicion of his personal appearance having changed during the night . What he saw in the glass , however , was the man he knew before . It was almost a disappoint- ment — a belittling of his ...
... felt so strange that he could not resist the suspicion of his personal appearance having changed during the night . What he saw in the glass , however , was the man he knew before . It was almost a disappoint- ment — a belittling of his ...
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