The FountainThe text is a novel set in Holland during the first World War. The main characters are a British officer, a Dutch aristocrat and his British stepdaughter who is married to a German officer. It was a winner of the 1932 Hawthornden Prize. |
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Page 159
... Ramsdell's bony face and the mingled red and ivory of the pieces on the chequered board . These seemed to be enclosed in the compass of his argument . They became , not an individual face and a group of distin- guishable chessmen , but ...
... Ramsdell's bony face and the mingled red and ivory of the pieces on the chequered board . These seemed to be enclosed in the compass of his argument . They became , not an individual face and a group of distin- guishable chessmen , but ...
Page 267
... Ramsdell added . " You believe that ? " " Julie believes it . " “ What reason has she ? ” " But hasn't she told you , " Ramsdell asked , " of her hus- band's letters ? " Lewis answered that she had not , and a silence fell until Ramsdell ...
... Ramsdell added . " You believe that ? " " Julie believes it . " “ What reason has she ? ” " But hasn't she told you , " Ramsdell asked , " of her hus- band's letters ? " Lewis answered that she had not , and a silence fell until Ramsdell ...
Page 444
... Ramsdell must make before he left Enkendaal . Lewis remembered a debt of eight florins and took out the money with which to pay it . 99 " No more walks up from Rynwyk on Saturday mornings , ' Ramsdell said . " I must call on the Belgian ...
... Ramsdell must make before he left Enkendaal . Lewis remembered a debt of eight florins and took out the money with which to pay it . 99 " No more walks up from Rynwyk on Saturday mornings , ' Ramsdell said . " I must call on the Belgian ...
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