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 59
... stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson ar- rived ...
... stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when Davidson ar- rived ...
Page 162
... stopped to look at him . The drops were pouring over his eyebrows , down his beard , off his nose - and he gurgled . Then it struck me that he couldn't see what was in my mind . By favour or by right he didn't like to die when it came ...
... stopped to look at him . The drops were pouring over his eyebrows , down his beard , off his nose - and he gurgled . Then it struck me that he couldn't see what was in my mind . By favour or by right he didn't like to die when it came ...
Page 174
... stopped the careless swinging of his leg and said , look- ing at the hotel - keeper : " There's not much use arguing against that sort of talk - is there ? " Schomberg was not listening . " I could put you on another track , " he said ...
... stopped the careless swinging of his leg and said , look- ing at the hotel - keeper : " There's not much use arguing against that sort of talk - is there ? " Schomberg was not listening . " I could put you on another track , " he said ...
Page 177
... stopped to look at Schomberg with sur- prise . " You think yourself very clever , don't you ? " he said . Schomberg just then was so conscious of being clever that the snarling irony left him unmoved . There was positively a smile in ...
... stopped to look at Schomberg with sur- prise . " You think yourself very clever , don't you ? " he said . Schomberg just then was so conscious of being clever that the snarling irony left him unmoved . There was positively a smile in ...
Page 183
... stopping for a moment with an air of interest . " Hang me if I ever saw anybody look so dis- appointed ! I bet you would send black plague to that island if you only knew how - eh , what ? Plague too good for them ? Ha , ha , ha ! " He ...
... stopping for a moment with an air of interest . " Hang me if I ever saw anybody look so dis- appointed ! I bet you would send black plague to that island if you only knew how - eh , what ? Plague too good for them ? Ha , ha , ha ! " He ...
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