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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... never you mind , " Lapham said after a moment's reflection . " Visitors ' days . Poodle - faking in the dog - watches . Women never leave you alone . They come in like water into an old ship . First your mother . Then your wife . Then ...
... never you mind , " Lapham said after a moment's reflection . " Visitors ' days . Poodle - faking in the dog - watches . Women never leave you alone . They come in like water into an old ship . First your mother . Then your wife . Then ...
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... never begun to love anyone . But I don't mean to break up my marriage . By standards that are not mine , I may be " deceiving " my husband , though I never loved him or pretended to . But I did go into my marriage , with my eyes open ...
... never begun to love anyone . But I don't mean to break up my marriage . By standards that are not mine , I may be " deceiving " my husband , though I never loved him or pretended to . But I did go into my marriage , with my eyes open ...
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... never even suspicious ? " " Never . There was no reason to be . " " Apart from the final thing - did it never strike you that their being together so much was , perhaps , indiscreet ? " " Perhaps that was foolish of me , " the Baroness ...
... never even suspicious ? " " Never . There was no reason to be . " " Apart from the final thing - did it never strike you that their being together so much was , perhaps , indiscreet ? " " Perhaps that was foolish of me , " the Baroness ...
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