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Page 96
... table d'hôte in Bangkok at one time , weren't you ? ” Schomberg , astounded by the turn of the information , could only throw out his chest more and exaggerate his VICTORY.
... table d'hôte in Bangkok at one time , weren't you ? ” Schomberg , astounded by the turn of the information , could only throw out his chest more and exaggerate his VICTORY.
Page 97
... table d'hôte ? Yes , certainly . He always - for the sake of white men . And here in this place , too ? Yes , in this place , too . " That's all right , then . " The stranger turned his black , cavernous , mesmerising glance away from ...
... table d'hôte ? Yes , certainly . He always - for the sake of white men . And here in this place , too ? Yes , in this place , too . " That's all right , then . " The stranger turned his black , cavernous , mesmerising glance away from ...
Page 100
... table d'hôte - my blood boils ! He came here because some lying rascal in Manila told him I kept a table d'hôte . " He said these things , not for Mrs. Schomberg's infor- mation , but simply thinking aloud , and trying to work his fury ...
... table d'hôte - my blood boils ! He came here because some lying rascal in Manila told him I kept a table d'hôte . " He said these things , not for Mrs. Schomberg's infor- mation , but simply thinking aloud , and trying to work his fury ...
Page 102
... table d'hôte . " Left to himself , Schomberg had meditated . What the devil did this mean ? His thinking processes were sluggish and spasmodic ; but suddenly the truth came to him . " By heavens , they are desperadoes ! " he thought ...
... table d'hôte . " Left to himself , Schomberg had meditated . What the devil did this mean ? His thinking processes were sluggish and spasmodic ; but suddenly the truth came to him . " By heavens , they are desperadoes ! " he thought ...
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