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 56
... knew at once how wrong he had been in supposing that the English- men disliked or laughed at him . " There is no greater honour , " he said in a little speech after dinner , " than to be invited by your countrymen to share in their ...
... knew at once how wrong he had been in supposing that the English- men disliked or laughed at him . " There is no greater honour , " he said in a little speech after dinner , " than to be invited by your countrymen to share in their ...
Page 191
... knew . From the very beginning I knew . From the very beginning , " she said after a long silence . She lowered her hands and stared before her , feeling that in some way which her most secret heart could not express she had lost the ...
... knew . From the very beginning I knew . From the very beginning , " she said after a long silence . She lowered her hands and stared before her , feeling that in some way which her most secret heart could not express she had lost the ...
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Charles Morgan. off .... I thought I knew you better than any of them and that though you were " -he picked the word " high - spirited , still ... " After a long pause he added : " You've let me down . " " I'm sorry , Uncle Pieter ...
Charles Morgan. off .... I thought I knew you better than any of them and that though you were " -he picked the word " high - spirited , still ... " After a long pause he added : " You've let me down . " " I'm sorry , Uncle Pieter ...
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