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 198
... touch ? she said , and , hearing the scutter of horse's hoofs in the gravel , she remembered that it was the groom's ... touch and in the shadow of his touch . Neither conscience nor fear nor the rule of her marriage had impelled her to ...
... touch ? she said , and , hearing the scutter of horse's hoofs in the gravel , she remembered that it was the groom's ... touch and in the shadow of his touch . Neither conscience nor fear nor the rule of her marriage had impelled her to ...
Page 204
... touch him . " My dear Lewis , This evening ... " But there was a gap to be bridged between this evening and her last meeting with him . To see her pen check on the paper was to perceive the gap . I will leave him in peace , she said ...
... touch him . " My dear Lewis , This evening ... " But there was a gap to be bridged between this evening and her last meeting with him . To see her pen check on the paper was to perceive the gap . I will leave him in peace , she said ...
Page 391
... am asleep . " She would have kissed him , but when he felt her touch upon his shoulders , he said : " Leave me . I wish to forget even your kiss . . . . I wish to be alone . " When they were far from him , he asked : 391 The Bond.
... am asleep . " She would have kissed him , but when he felt her touch upon his shoulders , he said : " Leave me . I wish to forget even your kiss . . . . I wish to be alone . " When they were far from him , he asked : 391 The Bond.
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