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Page 60
... I've noticed men strolling away in twos and threes towards that hall where the orchestra used to play . The windows must be specially well sluttered , because I could not spy the smallest gleam of light from that direc- tion ; but I can ...
... I've noticed men strolling away in twos and threes towards that hall where the orchestra used to play . The windows must be specially well sluttered , because I could not spy the smallest gleam of light from that direc- tion ; but I can ...
Page 84
... I've never wished to forget anything till you came up to me that night and looked me through and through . I know I'm not much account ; but I know how to stand by a man . I stood by father ever since I could understand . He wasn't a ...
... I've never wished to forget anything till you came up to me that night and looked me through and through . I know I'm not much account ; but I know how to stand by a man . I stood by father ever since I could understand . He wasn't a ...
Page 85
... I've not had many chances to smile in my life , I can tell you ; especially of late . " " But you do it most charmingly - in a perfectly fasci nating way . " He paused . She stood still , waiting for more with the stillness of extreme ...
... I've not had many chances to smile in my life , I can tell you ; especially of late . " " But you do it most charmingly - in a perfectly fasci nating way . " He paused . She stood still , waiting for more with the stillness of extreme ...
Page 91
... I've never cared for her . The climate don't suit her ; I shall tell her to go to her people in Europe . She will have to go , too ! I will see to it . Eins , zwei , march ! And then we shall sell this hotel and start another somewhere ...
... I've never cared for her . The climate don't suit her ; I shall tell her to go to her people in Europe . She will have to go , too ! I will see to it . Eins , zwei , march ! And then we shall sell this hotel and start another somewhere ...
Page 96
... I've no friends in Manila that I know of , " wondered Schomberg with a severe frown . " I can't tell you his name . I've clean forgotten it ; but don't you worry . He was anything but a friend of yours . He called you all the names he ...
... I've no friends in Manila that I know of , " wondered Schomberg with a severe frown . " I can't tell you his name . I've clean forgotten it ; but don't you worry . He was anything but a friend of yours . He called you all the names he ...
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