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 185
... voice of a very old man . " But I make no doubt , gentlemen , it was a gallant battle . " He stood between them ... Voices would be changed and eyes ; the air would have a different taste , and time , weighted with dead pride , a ...
... voice of a very old man . " But I make no doubt , gentlemen , it was a gallant battle . " He stood between them ... Voices would be changed and eyes ; the air would have a different taste , and time , weighted with dead pride , a ...
Page 299
... voice answered them - a voice which had the distant and mysterious familiarity of a scent that , sud- denly re - encountered , fills the mind with unidentified memo- ries . Nothing but the voice was familiar ; and the strangeness of the ...
... voice answered them - a voice which had the distant and mysterious familiarity of a scent that , sud- denly re - encountered , fills the mind with unidentified memo- ries . Nothing but the voice was familiar ; and the strangeness of the ...
Page 300
... voice's incision into the past . When he had climbed the steps , he came to Julie , releasing himself from the nurse ... voice — and now when you smiled , yes . And now , of course , near you , more and more- 99 " My voice and my smile ...
... voice's incision into the past . When he had climbed the steps , he came to Julie , releasing himself from the nurse ... voice — and now when you smiled , yes . And now , of course , near you , more and more- 99 " My voice and my smile ...
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