Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 81
... strange predicament . But even that sort of interest was dying out when , looking to his left , he saw the accustomed shapes of the other bungalows looming in the night , and remembered the arrival of the thirsty company in the boat ...
... strange predicament . But even that sort of interest was dying out when , looking to his left , he saw the accustomed shapes of the other bungalows looming in the night , and remembered the arrival of the thirsty company in the boat ...
Page 118
... silver candlesticks - signs of opulence . He prowled as a stray cat entering a strange place might have done ; for if Ricardo had not Wang's miraculous gift of materialising and vanishing , rather than coming 118 VICTORY .
... silver candlesticks - signs of opulence . He prowled as a stray cat entering a strange place might have done ; for if Ricardo had not Wang's miraculous gift of materialising and vanishing , rather than coming 118 VICTORY .
Page 123
... strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve a round , amazed stare ; but they remained still , dead still , and his impassive yellow face grew all at once careworn ...
... strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve a round , amazed stare ; but they remained still , dead still , and his impassive yellow face grew all at once careworn ...
Page 130
... strange to her . The veiled ardour of her grey gaze from under the dark eyebrows never left Ricardo's face . ? " she murmured quietly . " What's " A swag ? " that ? " " Why , swag , plunder — what your gentleman has been pinching right ...
... strange to her . The veiled ardour of her grey gaze from under the dark eyebrows never left Ricardo's face . ? " she murmured quietly . " What's " A swag ? " that ? " " Why , swag , plunder — what your gentleman has been pinching right ...
Page 133
... strange air of feline gallantry . Then , tentatively : " But he could be brought to trust you , couldn't he ? " " Trust me ? " she said , in a tone which bordered on despair , but which he mistook for derision . " Stand in with us ...
... strange air of feline gallantry . Then , tentatively : " But he could be brought to trust you , couldn't he ? " " Trust me ? " she said , in a tone which bordered on despair , but which he mistook for derision . " Stand in with us ...
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