Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 124
... surprised , to find them so warın , so real , so firm , so living in his grasp . He drew her to him , and she dropped her head on his shoulder with a deep sigh . " I am dead tired , " she whispered plaintively . He put his arms around ...
... surprised , to find them so warın , so real , so firm , so living in his grasp . He drew her to him , and she dropped her head on his shoulder with a deep sigh . " I am dead tired , " she whispered plaintively . He put his arms around ...
Page 142
... Colombia , you know . Ever been in Colombia ? " " No , " said Schomberg , very much surprised . " An alligator - hunter ? Funny trade ! coming from Colombia , then ? " Are you " Yes , but I have been coming for a 142 VICTORY .
... Colombia , you know . Ever been in Colombia ? " " No , " said Schomberg , very much surprised . " An alligator - hunter ? Funny trade ! coming from Colombia , then ? " Are you " Yes , but I have been coming for a 142 VICTORY .
Page 164
... surprised to get up . The hotel- He gazed from his chair at Mr. Jones's anger , which had nothing spectral in it , but was not the more com- prehensible for that . " What's the matter ? " he stammered out . " What subject ? Didn't you ...
... surprised to get up . The hotel- He gazed from his chair at Mr. Jones's anger , which had nothing spectral in it , but was not the more com- prehensible for that . " What's the matter ? " he stammered out . " What subject ? Didn't you ...
Page 174
... surprised that he took one hurriedly , after a very perceptible start . The eyes of Martin Ricardo gleamed phosphorescent in the half - light of the room screened from the heat and glare of the tropics . " That's a king of hearts you've ...
... surprised that he took one hurriedly , after a very perceptible start . The eyes of Martin Ricardo gleamed phosphorescent in the half - light of the room screened from the heat and glare of the tropics . " That's a king of hearts you've ...
Page 189
... surprised . " Eh ? What's the matter ? ' asks he . " The matter ! It was his reprieve - that's what was the matter . " Oh , nothing , nothing , ' says my gentleman . ' You are perfectly right . A log - nothing but a log . ' " Ha , ha ...
... surprised . " Eh ? What's the matter ? ' asks he . " The matter ! It was his reprieve - that's what was the matter . " Oh , nothing , nothing , ' says my gentleman . ' You are perfectly right . A log - nothing but a log . ' " Ha , ha ...
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