Victory, Volume 2The tale of a Swedish nobleman living alone on an island in the South seas. An analysis of evil. |
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You have been some years now in the islands , Heyst . You know us all ; you
have seen how we live . Now you shall have the opportunity to see how some of
us end ; for it is the end , for me . I can't deceive myself any longer . You see it ...
You have been some years now in the islands , Heyst . You know us all ; you
have seen how we live . Now you shall have the opportunity to see how some of
us end ; for it is the end , for me . I can't deceive myself any longer . You see it ...
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To him , as to all of us in the islands , this wandering Heyst , who didn't toil or spin
visibly , seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair
concerned with money . The fact of his turning up in Timor or anywhere else was
...
To him , as to all of us in the islands , this wandering Heyst , who didn't toil or spin
visibly , seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair
concerned with money . The fact of his turning up in Timor or anywhere else was
...
Page 18
He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous notebook so well known in
the islands , the fetish of his hopes , and fluttered the pages feverishly . “ And yet
— look , ” he went on . “ There it is — more than five thousand dollars owing .
He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous notebook so well known in
the islands , the fetish of his hopes , and fluttered the pages feverishly . “ And yet
— look , ” he went on . “ There it is — more than five thousand dollars owing .
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was bursting with gratitude , and under the stress he must have let out something
vague_enough to give the island gossip a chance . And you know how kindly the
world is in its comments on what it does not understand . A rumour sprang out ...
was bursting with gratitude , and under the stress he must have let out something
vague_enough to give the island gossip a chance . And you know how kindly the
world is in its comments on what it does not understand . A rumour sprang out ...
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... most soberminded among us began to think that there was something in it .
The Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail - boats secured ,
the era of steam beginning for the islands — a great stride forward Heyst's stride !
... most soberminded among us began to think that there was something in it .
The Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail - boats secured ,
the era of steam beginning for the islands — a great stride forward Heyst's stride !
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| Title | Victory, Volume 2 Anchor Books Volume 34 of Modern library of the world's best books Modern library Sun dial library Volume 15 of The works of Joseph Conrad, Joseph Conrad Victory, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1921 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2019 |
| Length | 412 pages |
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