Victory: An Island TaleA story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with sensitive portrayal of three drifters. |
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Page 43
... seemed rude not to take any notice of her . He said , in allusion to the poster : " Are you having these people in the house ? " She was so unused to being addressed by customers that at the sound of his voice she jumped in her seat ...
... seemed rude not to take any notice of her . He said , in allusion to the poster : " Are you having these people in the house ? " She was so unused to being addressed by customers that at the sound of his voice she jumped in her seat ...
Page 44
... seemed made of wood . " They stayed here over a month . They are gone . now . They played every evening . ' " Pretty good , were they ? " " " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her silence ...
... seemed made of wood . " They stayed here over a month . They are gone . now . They played every evening . ' " Pretty good , were they ? " " " To this she said nothing ; and as she kept on star- ing fixedly in front of her , her silence ...
Page 46
... seemed to roll away from before Davidson's eyes , disclosing something he could not believe . " You can't mean it ! " he cried . " He's not the man for it . " But the last words came out in a faint voice . Mrs. Schomberg never moved her ...
... seemed to roll away from before Davidson's eyes , disclosing something he could not believe . " You can't mean it ! " he cried . " He's not the man for it . " But the last words came out in a faint voice . Mrs. Schomberg never moved her ...
Page 49
... seemed more useful than that woman whom we all were ac- customed to see sitting elevated above the two billiard- tables - without expression , without movement , with- out voice , without sight . " Why , she helped the girl to bolt ...
... seemed more useful than that woman whom we all were ac- customed to see sitting elevated above the two billiard- tables - without expression , without movement , with- out voice , without sight . " Why , she helped the girl to bolt ...
Page 53
... seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm placidity . Thereupon , with a last stifled curse , Schomberg vanished somewhere within , to try and compose his spirits in solitude . Davidson stepped out on the veranda . The ...
... seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm placidity . Thereupon , with a last stifled curse , Schomberg vanished somewhere within , to try and compose his spirits in solitude . Davidson stepped out on the veranda . The ...
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