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... 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 un- pleasant . " 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 un- pleasant . " Davidson was a little ...
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... 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 incompatible 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 incompatible with the frivolous comments of people who ...
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... rounded by the state of con- stant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their vic- tim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get over it ...
... rounded by the state of con- stant amazement in which this affair had left him , like those shocks of terror or sorrow which sometimes leave their vic- tim afflicted by nervous trembling . It looked as though he would never get over it ...
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... round the girl . He got round all the people out here . I've been watch- ing 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 watch- ing 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 ...
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... 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 gentleman only makes it ...
... 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 gentleman only makes it ...
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