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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... mother's face , so long would she then have been in her grave . Now , with the crumple of her letter in his fist , he imagined her at her little table in the morning- room , saw how the sunshine revealed the white in her iron hair ...
... mother's face , so long would she then have been in her grave . Now , with the crumple of her letter in his fist , he imagined her at her little table in the morning- room , saw how the sunshine revealed the white in her iron hair ...
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... mother doesn't wish him to come here . " " I have no kind of objection , " the Baroness replied in a tone of sweetened anger . " Why should I have ? I was thinking of you , Rupert . It will be impossible for you to meet an Eng- lishman ...
... mother doesn't wish him to come here . " " I have no kind of objection , " the Baroness replied in a tone of sweetened anger . " Why should I have ? I was thinking of you , Rupert . It will be impossible for you to meet an Eng- lishman ...
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... mother . " The Baroness made a little gesture of despair . " My dear Julie , do you blame your mother for safeguarding your mar- riage ? " " No , but it does not bring us nearer as human beings with understanding of each other . " " You ...
... mother . " The Baroness made a little gesture of despair . " My dear Julie , do you blame your mother for safeguarding your mar- riage ? " " No , but it does not bring us nearer as human beings with understanding of each other . " " You ...
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