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Page 29
... round , horn - rimmed spectacles , several sizes too large for his little old face . " I never see him . " To me , on occasions , he would say : " I haven't a doubt he's there . He hides . It's very unpleasant . " Davidson was a little ...
... round , horn - rimmed spectacles , several sizes too large for his little old face . " I never see him . " To me , on occasions , he would say : " I haven't a doubt he's there . He hides . It's very unpleasant . " Davidson was a little ...
Page 41
... round face . Heyst had taken the girl away to Samburan ; and that was no joking matter . The loneliness , the ruins of the spot , had impressed Davidson's simple soul . They were in- compatible with the frivolous comments of people who ...
... round face . Heyst had taken the girl away to Samburan ; and that was no joking matter . The loneliness , the ruins of the spot , had impressed Davidson's simple soul . They were in- compatible with the frivolous comments of people who ...
Page 42
... rounded by the state of constant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their victim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get over it ...
... rounded by the state of constant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their victim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get over it ...
Page 47
... round the girl . He got round all the people out here . I've been watching him for years . You remember how he got round Morrison . " He changed front abruptly , as if on parade , and marched off . The customers at the table exchanged ...
... round the girl . He got round all the people out here . I've been watching him for years . You remember how he got round Morrison . " He changed front abruptly , as if on parade , and marched off . The customers at the table exchanged ...
Page 49
... round , as it were ; but Heyst doesn't , or else he would have been scared . You don't take a woman into a desert jungle without being made sorry for it sooner or later , in one way or another ; and Heyst being a gentle . man only makes ...
... round , as it were ; but Heyst doesn't , or else he would have been scared . You don't take a woman into a desert jungle without being made sorry for it sooner or later , in one way or another ; and Heyst being a gentle . man only makes ...
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