The Beach of FalesáWhen a seaman settles on a Pacific island to trade luxury items for copra, he is nearly ruined by jealous, demonic fellow trader. |
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... dress : a kilt of fine tapa , silkenly swathed ; a necklace of white flowers ; flowers behind her ears ; a woven garland on her head a mantle of tapa tied in a bow on the left shoulder , leaving the right shoulder bare . Her 32.
... dress : a kilt of fine tapa , silkenly swathed ; a necklace of white flowers ; flowers behind her ears ; a woven garland on her head a mantle of tapa tied in a bow on the left shoulder , leaving the right shoulder bare . Her 32.
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Dylan Thomas. left shoulder , leaving the right shoulder bare . Her feet are bare , but her ankles wound about with flowers . She crosses , and stands between Wiltshire and Little Jack . Wiltshire moves a few steps towards her . His eyes ...
Dylan Thomas. left shoulder , leaving the right shoulder bare . Her feet are bare , but her ankles wound about with flowers . She crosses , and stands between Wiltshire and Little Jack . Wiltshire moves a few steps towards her . His eyes ...
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... shoulder the dead body of Case . The party comes out of the bush by Case's bungalow . The bearers carry Uma on toward the village . Maea , followed limpingly by Wiltshire and his supporting native , walks up the veranda steps , Case ...
... shoulder the dead body of Case . The party comes out of the bush by Case's bungalow . The bearers carry Uma on toward the village . Maea , followed limpingly by Wiltshire and his supporting native , walks up the veranda steps , Case ...
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aieee beach of Falesá boat bottle breadfruit bush Captain Randall Case's voice certina chanting chief in pajamas cigar club foot coconut concertina crowd dark dead devil door dress drink drunk eyes Faavo face ferns fiddle flowers frightened Galoshes ghost note girls glass goes ground grove hair hand head island Johnny Adams Kanakan lantern laughs Little Jack living room loads of copra Maea Missionary Mister moves nearer night nods old chief palm Papeete path pith helmet priest puts rises room of Wiltshire's says sea fowl Second Native Boy shakes shire shoulder side silent singing slowly smile smoke softly sound South Sea speaks squatted staring stops suddenly surf taboo Tahuku takes tattooed tell There's Tiapolo trading room trees turns Uma's veranda steps village What's Wilt Wiltshire comes Wiltshire looks Wiltshire stands Wiltshire walks Wiltshire's bungalow wind woman women