Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 150
... knee , and had been staring at the pages for a time , he had not the slightest idea of what it was about . He stared and stared at the crowded , parallel lines . It was only when , raising his eyes for no particular reason , he saw Wang ...
... knee , and had been staring at the pages for a time , he had not the slightest idea of what it was about . He stared and stared at the crowded , parallel lines . It was only when , raising his eyes for no particular reason , he saw Wang ...
Page 151
... knees . " Yes . Me no likee . One man , two man , thlee man - no can do ! Me go now . " " What's frightening you away like this ? " asked Heyst , while through his mind flashed the hope that something enlightening might come from that ...
... knees . " Yes . Me no likee . One man , two man , thlee man - no can do ! Me go now . " " What's frightening you away like this ? " asked Heyst , while through his mind flashed the hope that something enlightening might come from that ...
Page 154
... knee slipped suddenly , and he made a sharp movement to catch it up . Wang was unable to see the reason of this because of the table , and leaped away from what seemed to him a threatening symptom . When Heyst looked up , the Chinaman ...
... knee slipped suddenly , and he made a sharp movement to catch it up . Wang was unable to see the reason of this because of the table , and leaped away from what seemed to him a threatening symptom . When Heyst looked up , the Chinaman ...
Page 162
... knees lightly , throwing one arm round his neck , and whispered in his ear : " You may , if you like . And may be that's the only way I would consent to leave you . For some- thing like that . If it were something no bigger than your ...
... knees lightly , throwing one arm round his neck , and whispered in his ear : " You may , if you like . And may be that's the only way I would consent to leave you . For some- thing like that . If it were something no bigger than your ...
Page 163
... knees , the hug round his neck , the whisper in his ear , the kiss on his lips , might have been the un- substantial sensations of a dream invading the reality of waking life ; a sort of charming mirage in the barren aridity of his ...
... knees , the hug round his neck , the whisper in his ear , the kiss on his lips , might have been the un- substantial sensations of a dream invading the reality of waking life ; a sort of charming mirage in the barren aridity of his ...
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words