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Page 17
Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only comment ; but this is the origin of the
name " Enchanted Heyst ” which some fellows fastened on our man . He also had
other names . In his early years , long before he got so becomingly bald on the
top ...
Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only comment ; but this is the origin of the
name " Enchanted Heyst ” which some fellows fastened on our man . He also had
other names . In his early years , long before he got so becomingly bald on the
top ...
Page 19
Heyst had just gone out of the place of public refreshment where this
pronouncement was voiced . Utopist , eh ? Upon my word , the only thing I heard
him say which might have had a bearing on the point was his invitation to old
McNab ...
Heyst had just gone out of the place of public refreshment where this
pronouncement was voiced . Utopist , eh ? Upon my word , the only thing I heard
him say which might have had a bearing on the point was his invitation to old
McNab ...
Page 23
This meant ruin for Morrison ; and when Heyst hailed him across the street in his
usual courtly tone , the week was nearly out . Heyst crossed over , and said with a
slight bow , and in the manner of a prince addressing another prince on a ...
This meant ruin for Morrison ; and when Heyst hailed him across the street in his
usual courtly tone , the week was nearly out . Heyst crossed over , and said with a
slight bow , and in the manner of a prince addressing another prince on a ...
Page 24
Heyst meantime , politely watchful , had taken a seat opposite . " You are in for a
bout of fever , I fear , " he said sympathetically . Poor Morrison's tongue was
loosened at last . “ Fever ! ” he cried . “ Give me fever . plague . They are diseases
.
Heyst meantime , politely watchful , had taken a seat opposite . " You are in for a
bout of fever , I fear , " he said sympathetically . Poor Morrison's tongue was
loosened at last . “ Fever ! ” he cried . “ Give me fever . plague . They are diseases
.
Page 25
The sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing of it appear in his bearing ,
concealing his impression under that consummate good - society manner of his .
Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was what ...
The sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing of it appear in his bearing ,
concealing his impression under that consummate good - society manner of his .
Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was what ...
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1 Volumes 17-18 of Standard Collection of latest copyrighted works by of British and American Authors Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 462 pages |
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