Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 102
... observe was the arrangement of the hair - two thick brown tresses rolled round an attractively shaped head . " A girl , by Jove ! " he exclaimed mentally . It was evident that she was a girl . It was evident in the outline of the ...
... observe was the arrangement of the hair - two thick brown tresses rolled round an attractively shaped head . " A girl , by Jove ! " he exclaimed mentally . It was evident that she was a girl . It was evident in the outline of the ...
Page 103
... observation ; he had the sensation of a new ex- perience . That was because his faculty of observa- tion had never before been captured by any feminine creature in that marked and exclusive fashion . He looked at her anxiously , as no ...
... observation ; he had the sensation of a new ex- perience . That was because his faculty of observa- tion had never before been captured by any feminine creature in that marked and exclusive fashion . He looked at her anxiously , as no ...
Page 107
... but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the opportunity to observe so closely . There was in it something indefinably audacious and infinitely miser- able — because the VICTORY . 107.
... but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the opportunity to observe so closely . There was in it something indefinably audacious and infinitely miser- able — because the VICTORY . 107.
Page 127
... observed . A smile is the best of masks . Schomberg was at a table next but one to us , drinking with some Dutch clerks from the town . No doubt he was watching us - watching you , at least . That's why I asked you to smile . " " Ah ...
... observed . A smile is the best of masks . Schomberg was at a table next but one to us , drinking with some Dutch clerks from the town . No doubt he was watching us - watching you , at least . That's why I asked you to smile . " " Ah ...
Page 134
... observed " that Swede " talking with the girl in the intervals . A crony of his had nudged him ; and he had thought that it was so much the better ; the silly fellow would keep every- body else off . He was rather pleased than otherwise ...
... observed " that Swede " talking with the girl in the intervals . A crony of his had nudged him ; and he had thought that it was so much the better ; the silly fellow would keep every- body else off . He was rather pleased than otherwise ...
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