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 226
... eyes would be on her , she was unable to play her hand and her weight fell upon the back and the arms of her chair . " Well ? " said Uncle Pieter , and she began to play again , but had soon to confess that she was tired and go to her ...
... eyes would be on her , she was unable to play her hand and her weight fell upon the back and the arms of her chair . " Well ? " said Uncle Pieter , and she began to play again , but had soon to confess that she was tired and go to her ...
Page 301
... eyes , which were certainly paler than her hus- band's eyes had been , was knowledge of her fear , an agony in her shrinking . When in the past she had refused him , or had yielded unwillingly , she had seemed to strike him in the face ...
... eyes , which were certainly paler than her hus- band's eyes had been , was knowledge of her fear , an agony in her shrinking . When in the past she had refused him , or had yielded unwillingly , she had seemed to strike him in the face ...
Page 353
... eyes would be poisoned , and in its calm , which was the mirror of their friendship , would appear the turbulence of fleshly images . He would not look into his face , nor anywhere but at the brown and grey and blue of the shining ...
... eyes would be poisoned , and in its calm , which was the mirror of their friendship , would appear the turbulence of fleshly images . He would not look into his face , nor anywhere but at the brown and grey and blue of the shining ...
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