Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 65
... bungalow , and he thought that perhaps it was just as well . By this time he was much less perturbed . Wang had preceded him with the lantern , as if in a hurry to get away from the two white men and their hairy attendant . The light ...
... bungalow , and he thought that perhaps it was just as well . By this time he was much less perturbed . Wang had preceded him with the lantern , as if in a hurry to get away from the two white men and their hairy attendant . The light ...
Page 66
... bungalow , and , at the very limit of the lantern's light , on the top step , he saw her feet and the bottom part of her dress . The rest of her person was suggested dimly as high as her waist . She sat on a chair , and the gloom of the ...
... bungalow , and , at the very limit of the lantern's light , on the top step , he saw her feet and the bottom part of her dress . The rest of her person was suggested dimly as high as her waist . She sat on a chair , and the gloom of the ...
Page 69
... bungalow . The fire of sticks in front of it had gone out . No faint glow of embers , not the slightest thread of light in that direction , hinted at the presence of strangers . The darker shapes in the obscurity , the dead silence ...
... bungalow . The fire of sticks in front of it had gone out . No faint glow of embers , not the slightest thread of light in that direction , hinted at the presence of strangers . The darker shapes in the obscurity , the dead silence ...
Page 80
... bungalow consisted of the two rooms and a profuse allowance of veranda all round . Heyst stepped out on the veranda . " It's Wang , beyond a doubt , " he thought , staring into the night . " He has got hold of it for some reason . 99 ...
... bungalow consisted of the two rooms and a profuse allowance of veranda all round . Heyst stepped out on the veranda . " It's Wang , beyond a doubt , " he thought , staring into the night . " He has got hold of it for some reason . 99 ...
Page 81
... bungalows looming in the night , and remembered the arrival of the thirsty company in the boat . Wang would hardly risk such a crime in the presence of other white men . It was a peculiar instance of the " safety in numbers " principle ...
... bungalows looming in the night , and remembered the arrival of the thirsty company in the boat . Wang would hardly risk such a crime in the presence of other white men . It was a peculiar instance of the " safety in numbers " principle ...
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words