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 51
... waiting , had long been waiting , to be asked his news of Enkendaal , but Lewis appeared to have forgotten that he had been there . " You seem to be taking a day off , " Ballater said . “ Are you working to - night instead ? " " Not to ...
... waiting , had long been waiting , to be asked his news of Enkendaal , but Lewis appeared to have forgotten that he had been there . " You seem to be taking a day off , " Ballater said . “ Are you working to - night instead ? " " Not to ...
Page 178
... waiting to applaud . It's a sort of play to them . They're beginning to tell their neighbours what the end's going to be and how they've known it all along . They want to know how I'm taking it . ” And , seeing Ramsdell beside her , she ...
... waiting to applaud . It's a sort of play to them . They're beginning to tell their neighbours what the end's going to be and how they've known it all along . They want to know how I'm taking it . ” And , seeing Ramsdell beside her , she ...
Page 204
... waiting for her to speak to him and 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 ...
... waiting for her to speak to him and 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 ...
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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