SunsetW.J. Ham-Smith, 1913 - 304 pages |
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Page 200 - Nita! Juanita! Ask thy soul if we should part! Nita! Juanita! Lean thou on my heart. When in thy dreaming, Moons like these shall shine again, And daylight beaming, Prove thy dreams are vain. Wilt thou not, relenting, For thine absent lover sigh, In thy heart consenting To a prayer gone by? Nita! Juanita! Let me linger by thy side! Nita! Juanita! Be my own fair bride!
Page 200 - In thy dark eyes' splendor, where the warm light loves to dwell. Weary looks, yet tender, speak their fond farewell. Nita! Juanita! Ask thy soul if we should part! Nita! Juanita! Lean thou on my heart.
Page 75 - ... about Dolorine, who had lived with him on Montmartre. They had been on a picnic together to some place near Paris where there were houses in trees. They sat in a sidewalk cafe" drinking beer under a chestnut tree which was in bloom. Dolorine had a sad sensual face, was pale, had a habit of putting her elbows on the table and resting her chin on her hands. "Monsieur/' she said, "monsieur, monsieur.
Page 23 - Lucet was standing on the hearth-rug with his back to the fire, and his arms folded over his breast.
Page 254 - Dorothy looked up and down the road, but there was no one in sight.
Page 88 - Please, oh, please, oh, do not let me fall. You're all mine and I love you best of all. And you must be my man, or I'll have no man at all. There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, my baby.
Page 134 - ... but with shifty eyes, evidently a person of dulled intellect, whom one would have thought incapable of keen emotions of any kind. The Khania need not be described. She was as she had been in the chambers of the Gate, only more weary looking ; indeed her eyes had a haunted air and it was easy to see that the events of the previous night had left their mark upon her mind. At the sight of us she flushed a little, then beckoned to us to advance, and said to her husband — " My lord, these are the...
Page 34 - And he sank back in the chair, and, with his elbows on his knees, buried his face in his hands, and thought, and thought, until he seemed to see a straight course before him.
Page 42 - I fail to see what all this has to do with me, or why you should force an entry into my rooms. I thought you and I had finished with each other.
Page 153 - Clarefield, who was one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen.