Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
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... everything able to give out moisture was drenched in sweat . Everything was wet and shone as if just taken out of the water - leaves , fences , rocks , and tiled roofs . Sweat ran in streams down one's hair and behind one's collar , and ...
... everything able to give out moisture was drenched in sweat . Everything was wet and shone as if just taken out of the water - leaves , fences , rocks , and tiled roofs . Sweat ran in streams down one's hair and behind one's collar , and ...
Page 135
... everything . I was convinced that no water , salt or fresh , could ever wash off this film and I would ask Nirk to give me a knife to scrape away these foul thoughts . Soon Nirk's place during those nightly fits of malaria was taken by ...
... everything . I was convinced that no water , salt or fresh , could ever wash off this film and I would ask Nirk to give me a knife to scrape away these foul thoughts . Soon Nirk's place during those nightly fits of malaria was taken by ...
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... every- thing , checked everything , examined every detail of station life . The old doctor slept , while I , exhausted by the burning , oppressive heat , sat for days on end in station gardens in the inadequate shade of some old ...
... every- thing , checked everything , examined every detail of station life . The old doctor slept , while I , exhausted by the burning , oppressive heat , sat for days on end in station gardens in the inadequate shade of some old ...
Contents
A Short Explanation page | 7 |
My Thanks to a Reader | 9 |
The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
Copyright | |
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