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 30
... 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 their branches at the sky , aswirl with ribbons of cloud . Two ravens were building , he ...
... 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 their branches at the sky , aswirl with ribbons of cloud . Two ravens were building , he ...
Page 144
... morning . The tennis courts at Enkendaal , laid out near the pavilion on the farther side of the pools , were already busy with practice , and guests were assembling . The cottage , too , had its visitor , a submarine officer named ...
... morning . The tennis courts at Enkendaal , laid out near the pavilion on the farther side of the pools , were already busy with practice , and guests were assembling . The cottage , too , had its visitor , a submarine officer named ...
Page 156
... morning's work . Many women are like stringed instruments ; they respond to a touch , and we suppose that they have music in themselves . And he forced himself to think that she was what she often appeared to be - frivolous , nervous ...
... morning's work . Many women are like stringed instruments ; they respond to a touch , and we suppose that they have music in themselves . And he forced himself to think that she was what she often appeared to be - frivolous , nervous ...
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