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Page 114
... light had no joy for his eyes . He listened dismally to the movements in the house . The Chinamen were unlocking and flinging wide the doors of the public rooms which opened on the verandah . Horrors ! Another poisoned day to get ...
... light had no joy for his eyes . He listened dismally to the movements in the house . The Chinamen were unlocking and flinging wide the doors of the public rooms which opened on the verandah . Horrors ! Another poisoned day to get ...
Page 117
... light of the room screened from the heat and glare of the tropics . " That's a king of hearts you've got , " he chuckled , showing his teeth in a quick flash . Schomberg , after looking at the card , admitted that it was , and laid it ...
... light of the room screened from the heat and glare of the tropics . " That's a king of hearts you've got , " he chuckled , showing his teeth in a quick flash . Schomberg , after looking at the card , admitted that it was , and laid it ...
Page 120
... light . The heat seemed to have stilled everything in the world but his voice . He swore at large , abundantly , in snarling undertones , it was impossible to say why ; then calmed down as inexplicably and went on , as a sailor yarns ...
... light . The heat seemed to have stilled everything in the world but his voice . He swore at large , abundantly , in snarling undertones , it was impossible to say why ; then calmed down as inexplicably and went on , as a sailor yarns ...
Page 125
... light your cigar or blow your brains out this minute , and I don't care a hang which you do , both or neither . To bring the skipper up was easy enough . I had only to stamp on the deck a few times over his head . I stamped hard . But ...
... light your cigar or blow your brains out this minute , and I don't care a hang which you do , both or neither . To bring the skipper up was easy enough . I had only to stamp on the deck a few times over his head . I stamped hard . But ...
Page 131
... light on my feet , as a general thing , " he went on . " Dash me if I don't think I could drop a pinch of salt on a sparrow's tail , if I tried . Anyhow , they didn't hear me . I watched them two brown , hairy brutes not ten yards off ...
... light on my feet , as a general thing , " he went on . " Dash me if I don't think I could drop a pinch of salt on a sparrow's tail , if I tried . Anyhow , they didn't hear me . I watched them two brown , hairy brutes not ten yards off ...
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