Victory: An Island TaleA story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with sensitive portrayal of three drifters. |
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Page 96
... Don't you see— ? " What he saw was that , white and spectral , she was putting out her arms to him out of the black shadows like an appealing ghost . He took her hands , and was affected , almost surprised , to find them so warm 96 VICTORY.
... Don't you see— ? " What he saw was that , white and spectral , she was putting out her arms to him out of the black shadows like an appealing ghost . He took her hands , and was affected , almost surprised , to find them so warm 96 VICTORY.
Page 188
... shadows . A play of shadows the dominant race could walk through unaffected and disregarded in the pursuit of its in- comprehensible aims and needs . No. Native craft did not count , of course . It was an empty , solitary part of the ...
... shadows . A play of shadows the dominant race could walk through unaffected and disregarded in the pursuit of its in- comprehensible aims and needs . No. Native craft did not count , of course . It was an empty , solitary part of the ...
Page 194
... soft mood on that night , when the moon swam in a cloudless sky over the begrimed shadows of the town . " You still believe in something , then ? " he said in a clear voice , which had been growing feeble of late 194 VICTORY.
... soft mood on that night , when the moon swam in a cloudless sky over the begrimed shadows of the town . " You still believe in something , then ? " he said in a clear voice , which had been growing feeble of late 194 VICTORY.
Page 196
... shadows , seemed haunted by a melancholy , uneasy presence which could not express itself . The young man got up with a strange sense of making way for something impalpable that claimed posses- sion , went out of the house , and locked ...
... shadows , seemed haunted by a melancholy , uneasy presence which could not express itself . The young man got up with a strange sense of making way for something impalpable that claimed posses- sion , went out of the house , and locked ...
Page 199
... shadows , without feeling , with brutal precision . " You had better hurry up if you don't want to be left behind . " But the Chinaman did not move . " Me stop , " he declared . Heyst looked down at him for the first time . " You want ...
... shadows , without feeling , with brutal precision . " You had better hurry up if you don't want to be left behind . " But the Chinaman did not move . " Me stop , " he declared . Heyst looked down at him for the first time . " You want ...
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