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 37
... Quillan . Leyden never lost touch with her . He used to visit at Lord Harbury's whenever he went to England - calling at the house of Mr. Quillan , you may be sure . " He chuckled and stroked his cheek . " And when Leyden became a ...
... Quillan . Leyden never lost touch with her . He used to visit at Lord Harbury's whenever he went to England - calling at the house of Mr. Quillan , you may be sure . " He chuckled and stroked his cheek . " And when Leyden became a ...
Page 47
... Quillan had appeared to be heavy and dull , with the beauty of a stiff flower always drooping towards him on its long steam , and that the child , full of fire and grace , had never seemed to be her daughter . " You did not bring the ...
... Quillan had appeared to be heavy and dull , with the beauty of a stiff flower always drooping towards him on its long steam , and that the child , full of fire and grace , had never seemed to be her daughter . " You did not bring the ...
Page 96
... Quillan had once been Mejuffrouw Hoek , the governess of Allard and Sophie - and Julie was that governess's alien daughter . Alien not by birth only , but in will and mood , Lewis thought , looking into the heavy intelligence of van ...
... Quillan had once been Mejuffrouw Hoek , the governess of Allard and Sophie - and Julie was that governess's alien daughter . Alien not by birth only , but in will and mood , Lewis thought , looking into the heavy intelligence of van ...
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