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The corporal opened wooden door and motioned me in . I entered a bare room with whitewashed walls , furnished only with a camp table , wooden benches , and a hanging map of the Chinese Empire . The corporal called across the yard ...
The corporal opened wooden door and motioned me in . I entered a bare room with whitewashed walls , furnished only with a camp table , wooden benches , and a hanging map of the Chinese Empire . The corporal called across the yard ...
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He lifted the trap - door in the staging and we scrambled down the steel ladder . By the time we reached the bottom , a large area of sand was clear of water and we were able to jump on to it . It was a strange sensation to be standing ...
He lifted the trap - door in the staging and we scrambled down the steel ladder . By the time we reached the bottom , a large area of sand was clear of water and we were able to jump on to it . It was a strange sensation to be standing ...
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The last place we tried was La Tasca , a well - known restaurant in Calle Olozaga next door to Bakanik , Madrid's smartest cocktail bar . Here the boy with the wounded wrist felt faint , so we made for the nearest chemist's shop , where ...
The last place we tried was La Tasca , a well - known restaurant in Calle Olozaga next door to Bakanik , Madrid's smartest cocktail bar . Here the boy with the wounded wrist felt faint , so we made for the nearest chemist's shop , where ...
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