Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 66
... facts , though unable to explain them , of course . " What was there to explain ? " wondered David- son dubiously . “ He took a fancy to that fiddle- playing girl , and- " " And she to him , apparently , " I 66 VICTORY .
... facts , though unable to explain them , of course . " What was there to explain ? " wondered David- son dubiously . “ He took a fancy to that fiddle- playing girl , and- " " And she to him , apparently , " I 66 VICTORY .
Page 67
... girl to bolt , " said David- son turning at me his innocent eyes , rounded by the state of amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their victim afflicted by nervous ...
... girl to bolt , " said David- son turning at me his innocent eyes , rounded by the state of amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their victim afflicted by nervous ...
Page 68
... girl must have been specially attractive , " I said . " I don't know . She was miserable . I don't suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple of these white frocks they wear on the platform . " No Davidson pursued his own ...
... girl must have been specially attractive , " I said . " I don't know . She was miserable . I don't suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple of these white frocks they wear on the platform . " No Davidson pursued his own ...
Page 71
... girl ? The girl is nothing to me . " He shot out an infamous word which made David- son start . That's what the girl was ; and he reiterated the assertion that she was nothing to him . What he was concerned for was the good name of his ...
... girl ? The girl is nothing to me . " He shot out an infamous word which made David- son start . That's what the girl was ; and he reiterated the assertion that she was nothing to him . What he was concerned for was the good name of his ...
Page 73
... girl was missed , because it was you who insisted that the artists should go about the audience during the interval ? " advanced . Schomberg had reappeared in the doorway . He His bearing was stately , but his nostrils . were ...
... girl was missed , because it was you who insisted that the artists should go about the audience during the interval ? " advanced . Schomberg had reappeared in the doorway . He His bearing was stately , but his nostrils . were ...
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