Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 40
... seen a boat . It was very uncanny . Heyst thought of some strange hallucination . Unlikely enough ; but that a boat with three men in it should have sunk between the point and the jetty , suddenly , like a stone , with- out leaving as ...
... seen a boat . It was very uncanny . Heyst thought of some strange hallucination . Unlikely enough ; but that a boat with three men in it should have sunk between the point and the jetty , suddenly , like a stone , with- out leaving as ...
Page 41
... seen from the far end of the jetty . Nothing was to be seen . Heyst let his eyes roam idly over the sea . He was so absorbed in his per- plexity that a hollow sound , as of somebody tumbling about in a boat , with a clatter of oars and ...
... seen from the far end of the jetty . Nothing was to be seen . Heyst let his eyes roam idly over the sea . He was so absorbed in his per- plexity that a hollow sound , as of somebody tumbling about in a boat , with a clatter of oars and ...
Page 50
... seen the beauty , " Ricardo went on ex- pansively , hiding his lack of some sort of probable story under this loquacity . " I had to hammer him away from the spout . Opened afresh all the old broken spots on his head . You saw how hard ...
... seen the beauty , " Ricardo went on ex- pansively , hiding his lack of some sort of probable story under this loquacity . " I had to hammer him away from the spout . Opened afresh all the old broken spots on his head . You saw how hard ...
Page 51
... seen as soon as you cleared that point . " " We were seen , eh ? " grunted Mr. Ricardo . " We pulled like machines - daren't stop . The governor sat at the tiller , but he couldn't speak to us . She drove in between the piles till she ...
... seen as soon as you cleared that point . " " We were seen , eh ? " grunted Mr. Ricardo . " We pulled like machines - daren't stop . The governor sat at the tiller , but he couldn't speak to us . She drove in between the piles till she ...
Page 59
... seen a boat with white men pulling up , " said Heyst . " Most extraordinary luck , " interjected Ricardo , standing by anxiously attentive to every word . " Seems a dream , " he added . " A lovely dream ! " A silence fell on that group ...
... seen a boat with white men pulling up , " said Heyst . " Most extraordinary luck , " interjected Ricardo , standing by anxiously attentive to every word . " Seems a dream , " he added . " A lovely dream ! " A silence fell on that group ...
Common terms and phrases
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