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Page 55
So inevitably boring were they that , to liven things up , a young sub - editor once
inserted the words ' At long last before the usual ' Death has deprived us ' . Next
morning there was a storm in the office . The sub - editor was sacked . We all felt
...
So inevitably boring were they that , to liven things up , a young sub - editor once
inserted the words ' At long last before the usual ' Death has deprived us ' . Next
morning there was a storm in the office . The sub - editor was sacked . We all felt
...
Page 144
Once again , the sobbing baritone complained of nowhere to go and no one to
love , once again the tenor lisped that not for him , oh not for him would come the
spring — not for him would the birchtree flower or the heart be filled with
throbbing ...
Once again , the sobbing baritone complained of nowhere to go and no one to
love , once again the tenor lisped that not for him , oh not for him would come the
spring — not for him would the birchtree flower or the heart be filled with
throbbing ...
Page 155
There , I had once seen a midshipman and the meeting had fired me with a
passion to go to sea . There , to the humming of bees over the jasmine , I had
read and recited poetry , almost to the point of stupor . As a result , the grey brick
fort with ...
There , I had once seen a midshipman and the meeting had fired me with a
passion to go to sea . There , to the humming of bees over the jasmine , I had
read and recited poetry , almost to the point of stupor . As a result , the grey brick
fort with ...
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Contents
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
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