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 47
... smiles with a serious 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 incompatible with the frivolous ...
... smiles with a serious 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 incompatible with the frivolous ...
Page 53
... smiling . Davidson stopped . " Yes , rather . " His feelings were , he told us , those of bewildered resignation ; but of course that was no more visible to the others than the emotions of a turtle when it withdraws into its shell ...
... smiling . Davidson stopped . " Yes , rather . " His feelings were , he told us , those of bewildered resignation ; but of course that was no more visible to the others than the emotions of a turtle when it withdraws into its shell ...
Page 59
... smiles , thanking him and apologising for the liberty , exactly in his usual manner . Davidson had expected some change in the man , but there was none . Nothing in him be- trayed the momentous fact that within that jungle there was ...
... smiles , thanking him and apologising for the liberty , exactly in his usual manner . Davidson had expected some change in the man , but there was none . Nothing in him be- trayed the momentous fact that within that jungle there was ...
Page 74
... smiling somnolence broods over them ; the very voices of their people are soft and sub- dued , as if afraid to break some protecting spell . Perhaps this was the very spell which had enchanted Heyst in the early days . For him , however ...
... smiling somnolence broods over them ; the very voices of their people are soft and sub- dued , as if afraid to break some protecting spell . Perhaps this was the very spell which had enchanted Heyst in the early days . For him , however ...
Page 84
... smile when you speak ? " It was enough to make any one look grave ; but her good faith was so evident that Heyst recovered him- self at once . " It's my unfortunate manner , " he said with his deli- cate , polished playfulness . " Is it ...
... smile when you speak ? " It was enough to make any one look grave ; but her good faith was so evident that Heyst recovered him- self at once . " It's my unfortunate manner , " he said with his deli- cate , polished playfulness . " Is it ...
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