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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... dreams . or , But it is no dream , his heart cried suddenly . To - morrow , during the morning , he would work again in Jedwell's room the wind dropped , under the elms , sheltered by a scoop of the ground , pausing to gaze up through ...
... dreams . or , But it is no dream , his heart cried suddenly . To - morrow , during the morning , he would work again in Jedwell's room the wind dropped , under the elms , sheltered by a scoop of the ground , pausing to gaze up through ...
Page 82
... dream . It would be easy in this place to dream a dream into reality . In so great a quiet- ness , while the evening sky lay in the water of the lake and the scud of a bird was the silent drawing of a diamond across a mirror of steel ...
... dream . It would be easy in this place to dream a dream into reality . In so great a quiet- ness , while the evening sky lay in the water of the lake and the scud of a bird was the silent drawing of a diamond across a mirror of steel ...
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... dream continued ? Well , he thought , struggling against an overpowering mood , dream or no dream , I know how reality will continue ; the Baron will come back with the key - and there is his step ! But van Ley- den did not appear , and ...
... dream continued ? Well , he thought , struggling against an overpowering mood , dream or no dream , I know how reality will continue ; the Baron will come back with the key - and there is his step ! But van Ley- den did not appear , and ...
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