Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 21
... moment of perfect quietness , that in holding her surrendered hand he had found a closer communion than they had ever achieved before . But even then there still lingered in him a sense of incompleteness not altogether overcome - which ...
... moment of perfect quietness , that in holding her surrendered hand he had found a closer communion than they had ever achieved before . But even then there still lingered in him a sense of incompleteness not altogether overcome - which ...
Page 24
... moment . He remem- bered that she was pretty , and , more , that she had a special grace in the intimacy of life . She had the secret of individuality which excites - and escapes . He jumped up and began to walk to and fro 24 VICTORY . 24.
... moment . He remem- bered that she was pretty , and , more , that she had a special grace in the intimacy of life . She had the secret of individuality which excites - and escapes . He jumped up and began to walk to and fro 24 VICTORY . 24.
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... moment , and then I did not see it any more . " " That's it -- he vanishes . It's a very remarkable gift in that Chinaman . ” " Are they all like that ? " she asked with naïve curiosity and uneasiness . " Not in such perfection , " said ...
... moment , and then I did not see it any more . " " That's it -- he vanishes . It's a very remarkable gift in that Chinaman . ” " Are they all like that ? " she asked with naïve curiosity and uneasiness . " Not in such perfection , " said ...
Page 29
... moment he was not . A great silence brooded over Samburan - the silence of the great heat that seems pregnant with fatal issues , like the silence of ardent thought . Heyst remained alone in the big room . The girl seeing him take up a ...
... moment he was not . A great silence brooded over Samburan - the silence of the great heat that seems pregnant with fatal issues , like the silence of ardent thought . Heyst remained alone in the big room . The girl seeing him take up a ...
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... moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse toward himself which had been dormant . in her passive attitude . ( He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when , with a slight ...
... moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse toward himself which had been dormant . in her passive attitude . ( He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when , with a slight ...
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