Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 124
... night . After a while she became still , and cried quietly . Then , suddenly , as if waking up , she asked : " You haven't seen any more of that somebody you thought was spying about ? ” He started at her quick , sharp whisper , and an ...
... night . After a while she became still , and cried quietly . Then , suddenly , as if waking up , she asked : " You haven't seen any more of that somebody you thought was spying about ? ” He started at her quick , sharp whisper , and an ...
Page 125
... night . We mustn't give ourselves away . We had better part at once . I think I was mistaken just now ; but if , as you say , that poor Mrs. Schomberg can't sleep of nights , we must be more careful . She would tell the fellow . " The ...
... night . We mustn't give ourselves away . We had better part at once . I think I was mistaken just now ; but if , as you say , that poor Mrs. Schomberg can't sleep of nights , we must be more careful . She would tell the fellow . " The ...
Page 127
... night and looked me through and through . I know I'm not much account ; but I know how to stand by a man . I stood by father ever since I could understand . He wasn't a bad chap . Now that I can't be of any use to him , I would just as ...
... night and looked me through and through . I know I'm not much account ; but I know how to stand by a man . I stood by father ever since I could understand . He wasn't a bad chap . Now that I can't be of any use to him , I would just as ...
Page 128
... night , " he said , with his playful earnestness of tone . " It was your triumph . " He felt her lips touch his lightly , and the next moment she was gone . Her white dress gleamed in the distance , and then the opaque darkness of the ...
... night , " he said , with his playful earnestness of tone . " It was your triumph . " He felt her lips touch his lightly , and the next moment she was gone . Her white dress gleamed in the distance , and then the opaque darkness of the ...
Page 129
... night . What he saw in the glass , however , was the man he knew before . It was almost a disappoint- ment — a belittling of his recent experience . And then he smiled at his naïveness ; for , being over five and thirty years of age ...
... night . What he saw in the glass , however , was the man he knew before . It was almost a disappoint- ment — a belittling of his recent experience . And then he smiled at his naïveness ; for , being over five and thirty years of age ...
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