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... round , horn - rimmed spectacles , several sizes too large for his little old face . " I never see him . " To me , on occasions , he would say : " I haven't a doubt he's there . He hides . It's very unpleasant . " Davidson was Davidson ...
... round , horn - rimmed spectacles , several sizes too large for his little old face . " I never see him . " To me , on occasions , he would say : " I haven't a doubt he's there . He hides . It's very unpleasant . " Davidson was Davidson ...
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... round face . Heyst had taken the girl away to Samburan ; and that was no joking matter . The loneliness , the ruins of the spot , had impressed Davidson's simple soul . They were in- compatible with the frivolous comments of people who ...
... round face . Heyst had taken the girl away to Samburan ; and that was no joking matter . The loneliness , the ruins of the spot , had impressed Davidson's simple soul . They were in- compatible with the frivolous comments of people who ...
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... rounded by the state of constant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their victim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get over it ...
... rounded by the state of constant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their victim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get over it ...
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... round the girl . He got round all the people out here . I've been watching him for years . You remember how he got round Morrison . " He changed front abruptly , as if on parade , and marched off . The customers at the table exchanged ...
... round the girl . He got round all the people out here . I've been watching him for years . You remember how he got round Morrison . " He changed front abruptly , as if on parade , and marched off . The customers at the table exchanged ...
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... round , as it were ; but Heyst doesn't , or e.se he would have been scared . You don't take a woman into a desert jungle without being made sorry for it sooner or later , in one way or another ; and Heyst being a gentle man only makes ...
... round , as it were ; but Heyst doesn't , or e.se he would have been scared . You don't take a woman into a desert jungle without being made sorry for it sooner or later , in one way or another ; and Heyst being a gentle man only makes ...
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ain't Alfuro arms asked believe boat breath brig bungalow buran chair cheroot Chinaman clairvoyance Colombia course dark Davidson door doorway dunnage eyes face faint feeling fellow felt frightened gaze gentleman gharry girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand hanging head hear heard Heyst hotel-keeper island Java Sea jetty Jones knew laugh Lena light lips looked Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moved movement murmured mysterious never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps physiognomy quiet Ricardo round Samburan sarong sauceboat Schom Schomberg schooner seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound Sourabaya speak stare stood strange suddenly surprised Swede table d'hôte talk tell Tesmans There's thing thought tion told tone Tropical Belt Coal trouble turned verandah voice walked Wang watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words Zangiacomo