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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 197
All at once the train slowed down . The guard looked round helplessly , then
suddenly drew himself up and stood at attention . We shied from the window and
prepared to run for our lives . But the train moved on . Slowly , smoothly , it glided
...
All at once the train slowed down . The guard looked round helplessly , then
suddenly drew himself up and stood at attention . We shied from the window and
prepared to run for our lives . But the train moved on . Slowly , smoothly , it glided
...
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