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... hired close to the station and a trusty stableman met the train and took the grain there , locking it up and bringing the key home until such time as transport could be arranged . This worked well for a time ; then a fire broke out ...
... hired close to the station and a trusty stableman met the train and took the grain there , locking it up and bringing the key home until such time as transport could be arranged . This worked well for a time ; then a fire broke out ...
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I optimistically filled a haversack with sufficient clothes for a long week - end , and boarded the train which left early each morning from the station outside the north - west gate . The train ran merrily across the plain for thirty ...
I optimistically filled a haversack with sufficient clothes for a long week - end , and boarded the train which left early each morning from the station outside the north - west gate . The train ran merrily across the plain for thirty ...
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Negotiations for a special train to take foreigners to the Portuguese frontier were suddenly dropped by the authorities . It became known later that the reason for this was the capture of Badajoz by the Nationalists , thereby blocking ...
Negotiations for a special train to take foreigners to the Portuguese frontier were suddenly dropped by the authorities . It became known later that the reason for this was the capture of Badajoz by the Nationalists , thereby blocking ...
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