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Pagina 29
The consul re-hoisted his umbrella and walked back to the consulate. This home
of a great nation's representative was a wooden structure of two rooms, with a
native-built gallery of poles, bamboo and nipa palm running on three sides of it.
The consul re-hoisted his umbrella and walked back to the consulate. This home
of a great nation's representative was a wooden structure of two rooms, with a
native-built gallery of poles, bamboo and nipa palm running on three sides of it.
Pagina 36
After dinner, when the sun was low behind the mountains, Geddie walked on the
little strip of beach under the cocoanuts. The wind was blowing mildly landward,
and the surface of the sea was rippled by tiny wavelets. A miniature breaker ...
After dinner, when the sun was low behind the mountains, Geddie walked on the
little strip of beach under the cocoanuts. The wind was blowing mildly landward,
and the surface of the sea was rippled by tiny wavelets. A miniature breaker ...
Pagina 37
He walked back to his house, and set the bottle on his desk. Throwing off his hat
and coat, and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded precipitately upon the
brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea salvage. By holding the ...
He walked back to his house, and set the bottle on his desk. Throwing off his hat
and coat, and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded precipitately upon the
brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea salvage. By holding the ...
Pagina 39
Geddie put on his coat and hat and walked out. He followed a street that led him
along the border of the little plaza where a band was playing and people were
rambling, care-free and indolent. Some timorous senoritas scurrying past with ...
Geddie put on his coat and hat and walked out. He followed a street that led him
along the border of the little plaza where a band was playing and people were
rambling, care-free and indolent. Some timorous senoritas scurrying past with ...
Pagina 40
He suggested a stroll, and they walked out to the old Indian well on the hill road.
They sat on the curb, and there Geddie made the expected but long-deferred
speech. Certain though he had been that she would not say him nay, he was
thrilled ...
He suggested a stroll, and they walked out to the old Indian well on the hill road.
They sat on the curb, and there Geddie made the expected but long-deferred
speech. Certain though he had been that she would not say him nay, he was
thrilled ...
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