Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
From inside the book
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... strange serenity , mingled with terrors , had that man considered the universal nothingness ! He had plunged into it headlong , perhaps to render death , the answer that faced one at every inquiry , more supportable . Heyst stirred ...
... strange serenity , mingled with terrors , had that man considered the universal nothingness ! He had plunged into it headlong , perhaps to render death , the answer that faced one at every inquiry , more supportable . Heyst stirred ...
Page 40
... 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 much on the surface as a floating oar , was still more ...
... 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 much on the surface as a floating oar , was still more ...
Page 42
... strange boat's crew . From the first he was positive that these men were not sailors . They wore the white drill suit of tropical civilisation ; but their apparition in a boat Heyst could not connect with anything plausible . The ...
... strange boat's crew . From the first he was positive that these men were not sailors . They wore the white drill suit of tropical civilisation ; but their apparition in a boat Heyst could not connect with anything plausible . The ...
Page 54
... strange yet was this concern for appearances , ex- pressed , he did not know , whether in jest or in earnest . Earnestness was hardly to be supposed under the circumstances , and no one had ever jested in such dead tones . It was ...
... strange yet was this concern for appearances , ex- pressed , he did not know , whether in jest or in earnest . Earnestness was hardly to be supposed under the circumstances , and no one had ever jested in such dead tones . It was ...
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... strange intrusion . The peace of Samburan asserted itself as on any other night . Everything was as before , except - Heyst became aware of it suddenly- that for a whole minute , perhaps , with his hand on the back of the girl's chair ...
... strange intrusion . The peace of Samburan asserted itself as on any other night . Everything was as before , except - Heyst became aware of it suddenly- that for a whole minute , perhaps , with his hand on the back of the girl's chair ...
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words