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 248
... night , she thought , before I fall asleep at last , I will speak his name , saying to myself , He is not here ! and shall stretch out my hand and find him . And some night , after a few months , a few weeks - who knows how soon ? —I ...
... night , she thought , before I fall asleep at last , I will speak his name , saying to myself , He is not here ! and shall stretch out my hand and find him . And some night , after a few months , a few weeks - who knows how soon ? —I ...
Page 302
... night , " he told the nurse . “ I shall not have an attack . I know when they are coming . " The nurse began to tell how he had had an attack last night in the Le gation , " the first night I spent with him , " she added , “ and I knew ...
... night , " he told the nurse . “ I shall not have an attack . I know when they are coming . " The nurse began to tell how he had had an attack last night in the Le gation , " the first night I spent with him , " she added , “ and I knew ...
Page 326
... night he would pass through dreams of her into that whiteness of spirit from which remembrance of this life is abstracted , so by day his vision of her would fade , not into forgetfulness , not into love's death , but into a dreamless ...
... night he would pass through dreams of her into that whiteness of spirit from which remembrance of this life is abstracted , so by day his vision of her would fade , not into forgetfulness , not into love's death , but into a dreamless ...
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