Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 33
... drooped . " For ever , " she breathed out again ; then , still more faintly , she added an entreating : “ Do try ! " These last words went straight to his heart - the Victory . 3 sound of them more than the sense . He did VICTORY . 33.
... drooped . " For ever , " she breathed out again ; then , still more faintly , she added an entreating : “ Do try ! " These last words went straight to his heart - the Victory . 3 sound of them more than the sense . He did VICTORY . 33.
Page 34
... uninstructed and he had not the gift of intuition which is fostered in the days of youth by dreams and visions , exercises of the heart fitting it for the en- counters of a world in which love itself rests as 34 VICTORY .
... uninstructed and he had not the gift of intuition which is fostered in the days of youth by dreams and visions , exercises of the heart fitting it for the en- counters of a world in which love itself rests as 34 VICTORY .
Page 35
... but blank candour he would have learned how terrified she was by his talk and the fact that her sinking heart loved him more desperately than ever . He smiled at her . " Dismiss all thought of it , " he insisted VICTORY . 35.
... but blank candour he would have learned how terrified she was by his talk and the fact that her sinking heart loved him more desperately than ever . He smiled at her . " Dismiss all thought of it , " he insisted VICTORY . 35.
Page 36
... heart at that moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse toward himself which had been dormant . in her passive attitude . ( He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when ...
... heart at that moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse toward himself which had been dormant . in her passive attitude . ( He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when ...
Page 49
... hearts and lungs shrivel within them . And then , as if all that hadn't been trouble enough , he complained bitterly , he had had to waste his fainting strength in beating their servant about the head with a stretcher . The fool had ...
... hearts and lungs shrivel within them . And then , as if all that hadn't been trouble enough , he complained bitterly , he had had to waste his fainting strength in beating their servant about the head with a stretcher . The fool had ...
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