 He passed a street corner, where, not so long before, a woman and her child had been devoured by wolves. This was just the kind of weather, he reflected, when wolves might take it into their heads to enter Paris again; and a lone man in these deserted...  The Great Modern English Stories: An Anthology - Page 37edited by - 1919 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1888 - 362 pages
...spirited him up; at least he had confused his trail; for he was still possessed with the idea of people tracking him all about Paris over the snow, and collaring...morrow; nay, he would go and see her too, poor old girl ! So thinking, he arrived at his destination — his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 408 pages
...spirited him up; at least he had confused his trail ; for he was still possessed with the idea of people tracking him all about Paris over the snow, and collaring...morrow ; nay, he would go and see her too, poor old girl ! So thinking, he arrived at his destination — his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 392 pages
...something worse than a mere scare. Ho stopped and looked upon the place with an unpleasant interest—it was a centre where several lanes intersected each...morrow; nay, he would go and see her too, poor old girl! So thinking, he arrived at his destination—his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 628 pages
...spirited him up: at least he had confused his trail; for he was still possessed with the idea of people tracking him all about Paris over the snow, and collaring...morrow; nay, he would go and see her too, poor old girl ! So thinking, he arrived at his destination — his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | 1896 - 216 pages
...morning before he was awake. The other matter affected him quite differently. He passed a street-corner where, not so long before, a woman and her child had...morrow ; nay, he would go and see her, too, poor old girl! So thinking, he arrived at his destination — his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | 1901 - 206 pages
...something worse than a mere scare. He stopped and looked upon the place with an unpleasant interest—it was a centre where several lanes intersected each...morrow; nay, he would go and see her, too, poor old girl! So thinking, he arrived at his destination—his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | 1896 - 224 pages
...something worse than a mere scare. He stopped and looked upon the place with an unpleasant interest—it was a centre where several lanes intersected each...morrow; nay, he would go and see her, too, poor old girl! So thinking, he arrived at his destination—his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | Jules Verne - 1897 - 264 pages
...he reflected, when wolves might take it into their heads to enter Paris again ; and a lone man itt these deserted streets would run the chance of something...morrow; nay, he would go and see her, too, poor old girl! So thinking, he arrived at his destination — his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 pages
...interest — it was a center where several lanes intersected each other ; and he looked down ftiem all, one after another, and held his breath to listen,...morrow ; nay, he would go and see her, too, poor old girl ! So thinking, he arrived at his destination — his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1905 - 454 pages
...soirited him up ; at least he had confused his trail ; for he was still possessed with the idea of people tracking him all about Paris over the snow, and collaring...morrow ; nay, he would go and see her too, poor old girl! So thinking, he arrived at his destination — his last hope for the night. The house was quite... | |
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