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 53
... talk much to him ? " ... " Shooting chiefly . And agriculture of course . He was fright- fully interested when he found I really knew something about it . . . . But you can talk to Julie about anything . Except , I think , it's better ...
... talk much to him ? " ... " Shooting chiefly . And agriculture of course . He was fright- fully interested when he found I really knew something about it . . . . But you can talk to Julie about anything . Except , I think , it's better ...
Page 164
... talk to . Probably sitting up half the night , the three of you , so intimate that you don't have to think of it — a ... talking , the coals had foundered in the grate and now , lying on the floor , she began to mend the fire with sticks ...
... talk to . Probably sitting up half the night , the three of you , so intimate that you don't have to think of it — a ... talking , the coals had foundered in the grate and now , lying on the floor , she began to mend the fire with sticks ...
Page 385
... talk to him of sport and the affairs of Enkendaal as if the blaze in Europe were of little account in the van Leyden generations ; but the others - Allard ; his wife , Marietje ; Goof ; the Baroness herself - were of a hopeful ...
... talk to him of sport and the affairs of Enkendaal as if the blaze in Europe were of little account in the van Leyden generations ; but the others - Allard ; his wife , Marietje ; Goof ; the Baroness herself - were of a hopeful ...
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added Alison Allard asked Ballater Ballater's Baron Baroness beautiful began believe body Castle chair cheeks child clavichord colour cottage cried dark dear delight Descartes door dream Dutch edge embrasure England English Enkendaal exclaimed eyes face feel Ferrard fingers German gone Goof Hague hand Harbury head hear heard Herriot imagination Jedwell Julie Julie's Kerstholt knew lake laugh leave letter Lewis answered Lewis thought Lewis's Leyden light lips listen live looked marriage Mauritshuis Mevrouw mind morning mother moved Narwitz never night passed peace perhaps Plato play Prussia Quillan ramparts Ramsdell remember replied ROBERT GRANJON Rupert Rynwyk seemed Sezley shoulders silence sleep smile Socrates soon Sophie Sophie's speak spoke stood suddenly suppose talk tell tennis There's thing told touch trees turned Uncle Pieter van Leyden voice walked wife window wish woman wonder words