Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 60
... seemed rude not to take any notice of her . He said , in allusion to the poster : " Are you having these people in the house ? " She was so unused to being addressed by customers that at the sound of his voice she jumped 60 VICTORY .
... seemed rude not to take any notice of her . He said , in allusion to the poster : " Are you having these people in the house ? " She was so unused to being addressed by customers that at the sound of his voice she jumped 60 VICTORY .
Page 61
... seemed made of wood . " They stayed here over a month . They are gone now . They played every evening . " " Pretty good , were they ? " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her silence ...
... seemed made of wood . " They stayed here over a month . They are gone now . They played every evening . " " Pretty good , were they ? " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her silence ...
Page 64
... seemed to roll away from before David- son's eyes , disclosing something he could not believe . " You can't mean it ! " he cried . " He's not the man for it . " But the last words came out in a faint voice . Mrs. Schomberg never moved ...
... seemed to roll away from before David- son's eyes , disclosing something he could not believe . " You can't mean it ! " he cried . " He's not the man for it . " But the last words came out in a faint voice . Mrs. Schomberg never moved ...
Page 67
... seemed more useful than that woman whom we all were accustomed to see sitting elevated above the two billiard - tables - without expression , without move- ment , without voice , without sight . " Why , she helped the girl to bolt ...
... seemed more useful than that woman whom we all were accustomed to see sitting elevated above the two billiard - tables - without expression , without move- ment , without voice , without sight . " Why , she helped the girl to bolt ...
Page 72
... seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm placidity . Thereupon , with a last stifled curse , Schomberg vanished somewhere within , to try and compose his spirits in solitude . David- son stepped out on the veranda ...
... seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm placidity . Thereupon , with a last stifled curse , Schomberg vanished somewhere within , to try and compose his spirits in solitude . David- son stepped out on the veranda ...
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