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 308
... gleam of a lantern , by which a figure is digging at the foot of a tree - trunk . As likely as not , another figure holding that lantern - ha , femi- nine ! The girl ! The prudent Ricardo stifled a picturesque and pro- fane exclamation ...
... gleam of a lantern , by which a figure is digging at the foot of a tree - trunk . As likely as not , another figure holding that lantern - ha , femi- nine ! The girl ! The prudent Ricardo stifled a picturesque and pro- fane exclamation ...
Page 353
... gleam of white teeth . " It was only a single word — and some of his ges- tures . He had been making a good deal of noise . I wonder we didn't wake you up . How soundly you can sleep ! I say , do you feel all right now ? " " As fresh as ...
... gleam of white teeth . " It was only a single word — and some of his ges- tures . He had been making a good deal of noise . I wonder we didn't wake you up . How soundly you can sleep ! I say , do you feel all right now ? " " As fresh as ...
Page 386
... what had startled the girl was the discovery of several spear- blades protruding from the mass of foliage . She had made them out suddenly . They did not gleam but she saw them with extreme distinctness , very still , 386 VICTORY.
... what had startled the girl was the discovery of several spear- blades protruding from the mass of foliage . She had made them out suddenly . They did not gleam but she saw them with extreme distinctness , very still , 386 VICTORY.
Page 397
... gleam of her grey eyes . She wanted to know whether this trouble , this danger , this evil , whatever it was , finding them out in their retreat , was not a sort of punish- ment . " Punishment ? " repeated Heyst . He could not ...
... gleam of her grey eyes . She wanted to know whether this trouble , this danger , this evil , whatever it was , finding them out in their retreat , was not a sort of punish- ment . " Punishment ? " repeated Heyst . He could not ...
Page 416
... gleam of pitiless savagery went out of Ricardo's yellow eyes , and his physiognomy took on , for the first time that evening , the expression of a domestic cat which is being noticed . " You can watch him right into the bushes , if you ...
... gleam of pitiless savagery went out of Ricardo's yellow eyes , and his physiognomy took on , for the first time that evening , the expression of a domestic cat which is being noticed . " You can watch him right into the bushes , if you ...
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