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 172
... head . Allard and his wife had begun their progress alone . Their empty chairs divided Lewis and Julie's silence . She continued to gaze at the court nearest to the terrace - De Greve's court , and to patter the strings of her racquet ...
... head . Allard and his wife had begun their progress alone . Their empty chairs divided Lewis and Julie's silence . She continued to gaze at the court nearest to the terrace - De Greve's court , and to patter the strings of her racquet ...
Page 232
... head protruding and the heel of a riding boot . She imagined herself running to his side and kneeling on the loose earth ; his head turned ; his eyes stared at her . " Rupert ! " she said , but he didn't hear her , didn't know of her ...
... head protruding and the heel of a riding boot . She imagined herself running to his side and kneeling on the loose earth ; his head turned ; his eyes stared at her . " Rupert ! " she said , but he didn't hear her , didn't know of her ...
Page 389
... head was unmoved but his eyes turned from one to the other . " But not evilly - not evilly towards you . Can you ... head , weighing down her head , as though he could not endure to look into her face and would have it hidden from him ...
... head was unmoved but his eyes turned from one to the other . " But not evilly - not evilly towards you . Can you ... head , weighing down her head , as though he could not endure to look into her face and would have it hidden from him ...
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added Alison Allard asked Ballater Ballater's Baron Baroness beautiful began believe body Castle chair cheeks child clavichord colour cottage cried dark dear delight Descartes door dream Dutch edge embrasure England English Enkendaal exclaimed eyes face feel Ferrard fingers German gone Goof Hague hand Harbury head hear heard Herriot imagination Jedwell Julie Julie's Kerstholt knew lake laugh leave letter Lewis answered Lewis thought Lewis's Leyden light lips listen live looked marriage Mauritshuis Mevrouw mind morning mother moved Narwitz never night passed peace perhaps Plato play Prussia Quillan ramparts Ramsdell remember replied ROBERT GRANJON Rupert Rynwyk seemed Sezley shoulders silence sleep smile Socrates soon Sophie Sophie's speak spoke stood suddenly suppose talk tell tennis There's thing told touch trees turned Uncle Pieter van Leyden voice walked wife window wish woman wonder words