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 66
... child . The child also , he remembered suddenly , had used the same word : Julie . Imprisoned in memory , but gazing at the run of ink in the word before him , he saw for an instant the child , with elbow cocked and pen in hand ...
... child . The child also , he remembered suddenly , had used the same word : Julie . Imprisoned in memory , but gazing at the run of ink in the word before him , he saw for an instant the child , with elbow cocked and pen in hand ...
Page 85
... child , " she repeated with a child's per- sistence , and continued swiftly : " Lewis , what's the matter ? You are hating me . Why ? Because I ran you out here ? Has that offended you ? " Hating her ? He felt again the touch of her ...
... child , " she repeated with a child's per- sistence , and continued swiftly : " Lewis , what's the matter ? You are hating me . Why ? Because I ran you out here ? Has that offended you ? " Hating her ? He felt again the touch of her ...
Page 407
... child . " " Child or no child , coercion or not , you would do it again , " the Baroness cried . “ You will do it again when I have pre- pared the way . There is nothing else you can do . And when you want a new lover , you will blame ...
... child . " " Child or no child , coercion or not , you would do it again , " the Baroness cried . “ You will do it again when I have pre- pared the way . There is nothing else you can do . And when you want a new lover , you will blame ...
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