Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina 28
... it up- right in the sand , and stooped , with his hands resting upon his knees . The purser , burlesquing the pitcher's contortions , hurled at the consul the heavy roll of - newspapers , tied with a string , that the 28 Cabbages and Kings.
... it up- right in the sand , and stooped , with his hands resting upon his knees . The purser , burlesquing the pitcher's contortions , hurled at the consul the heavy roll of - newspapers , tied with a string , that the 28 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 29
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 30
... consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with the aid of the back of a chair . Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves from time to time and glancing half idly at the contents . Presently he was ...
... consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with the aid of the back of a chair . Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves from time to time and glancing half idly at the contents . Presently he was ...
Pagina 34
... consul tired of reading . The papers lay scattered about him on the gallery . Reclining there , he gazed dream- ily out upon an Eden . A clump of banana plants interposed their broad shields between him and the sun . The gentle slope ...
... consul tired of reading . The papers lay scattered about him on the gallery . Reclining there , he gazed dream- ily out upon an Eden . A clump of banana plants interposed their broad shields between him and the sun . The gentle slope ...
Pagina 35
... consul's little world , and was gone . Save for the tiny cloud of smoke that was left hanging over the brim of the sea , she might have been an imma- terial thing , a chimera of his idle brain . Geddie went into his office and sat down ...
... consul's little world , and was gone . Save for the tiny cloud of smoke that was left hanging over the brim of the sea , she might have been an imma- terial thing , a chimera of his idle brain . Geddie went into his office and sat down ...
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