Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 40
... shadow , lustrous and empty , while beyond the land , the open sea lay blue and opaque under the sun . Heyst's eyes swept all over the offing till they met , far off , the dark cone of the volcano , with its faint plume of smoke ...
... shadow , lustrous and empty , while beyond the land , the open sea lay blue and opaque under the sun . Heyst's eyes swept all over the offing till they met , far off , the dark cone of the volcano , with its faint plume of smoke ...
Page 52
... shadow blurring the dim sheen on the bay . The stream from the pipe broke like shattered glass on the boat's gunwale . Its loud splashing revealed the depth of the world's silence . " Great notion , to lead the water out here ...
... shadow blurring the dim sheen on the bay . The stream from the pipe broke like shattered glass on the boat's gunwale . Its loud splashing revealed the depth of the world's silence . " Great notion , to lead the water out here ...
Page 56
... shadow the point of land and the wharf itself , and gave a dark solidity to the unshimmering water extending to the last faint trace of light away to the west . Heyst stared at the guests whom the renounced world had sent him thus at ...
... shadow the point of land and the wharf itself , and gave a dark solidity to the unshimmering water extending to the last faint trace of light away to the west . Heyst stared at the guests whom the renounced world had sent him thus at ...
Page 65
... shadows . The kettle had boiled , probably . With that weird vision of something questionably human impressed upon his senses , Heyst moved on a pace or two . What could the people be who had such a creature for their familiar attendant ...
... shadows . The kettle had boiled , probably . With that weird vision of something questionably human impressed upon his senses , Heyst moved on a pace or two . What could the people be who had such a creature for their familiar attendant ...
Page 68
... shadows of her face upward . Her eyes glistened , as if frightened and attentive , above a lighted chin and a very white throat . " Upon my word , " mused Heyst , " now that I don't see them , I can hardly believe that those fellows ...
... shadows of her face upward . Her eyes glistened , as if frightened and attentive , above a lighted chin and a very white throat . " Upon my word , " mused Heyst , " now that I don't see them , I can hardly believe that those fellows ...
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