Victory: An Island TaleA story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with sensitive portrayal of three drifters. |
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Page 137
... gave up this mockery of repose , got up , and went downstairs . It was between three and four o'clock , the hour of profound peace . The very flowers seemed to doze on their stalks set with sleepy leaves . Not even the air stirred , for ...
... gave up this mockery of repose , got up , and went downstairs . It was between three and four o'clock , the hour of profound peace . The very flowers seemed to doze on their stalks set with sleepy leaves . Not even the air stirred , for ...
Page 142
... gave another upward jerk of his chin as much as to say : He ! The only one . " And no mistake , " he went on . " I spotted him from the first day . How ? Why ? Aye , you may ask . I hadn't seen that many gentlemen in my life . Well ...
... gave another upward jerk of his chin as much as to say : He ! The only one . " And no mistake , " he went on . " I spotted him from the first day . How ? Why ? Aye , you may ask . I hadn't seen that many gentlemen in my life . Well ...
Page 149
... gave me a notion . 66 ' I am staring at something that looks like a canoe over there , ' I said very slowly . " The skipper got concerned at once . It wasn't any danger from the inhabitants , whoever they were . " Oh , hang it ! ' says ...
... gave me a notion . 66 ' I am staring at something that looks like a canoe over there , ' I said very slowly . " The skipper got concerned at once . It wasn't any danger from the inhabitants , whoever they were . " Oh , hang it ! ' says ...
Page 159
... gave him a last squeeze and then got up . " I might have shot you , ' says the governor , quite concerned . " But you are glad to have saved a cartridge , sir , ' I tell him . " My jump did save it . It wouldn't have done to let him get ...
... gave him a last squeeze and then got up . " I might have shot you , ' says the governor , quite concerned . " But you are glad to have saved a cartridge , sir , ' I tell him . " My jump did save it . It wouldn't have done to let him get ...
Page 161
... gave him , but he hadn't much to say for himself . I walked back to the gov- ernor . 66 ' He asks for a bullet in his head before we go , ' I said . I wasn't at all pleased . 66 6 ' Oh , that's out of the question altogether , ' says ...
... gave him , but he hadn't much to say for himself . I walked back to the gov- ernor . 66 ' He asks for a bullet in his head before we go , ' I said . I wasn't at all pleased . 66 6 ' Oh , that's out of the question altogether , ' says ...
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