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Page 204
... gate . He looked at my order slip and let me through . The baker fetched a loaf of bread but asked me before handing it over : ' What are you going to wrap it up in ? And how will you carry it home ? Haven't you got anything to put it ...
... gate . He looked at my order slip and let me through . The baker fetched a loaf of bread but asked me before handing it over : ' What are you going to wrap it up in ? And how will you carry it home ? Haven't you got anything to put it ...
Page 215
... gate . When I came to it , I stopped . A flickering ' bat ' oil lamp hung on the gate . An old man in a squashed naval cap sat on a box under the lamp , a rifle between his knees . Beyond the gate lay darkness . From it came an 215 Dead ...
... gate . When I came to it , I stopped . A flickering ' bat ' oil lamp hung on the gate . An old man in a squashed naval cap sat on a box under the lamp , a rifle between his knees . Beyond the gate lay darkness . From it came an 215 Dead ...
Page 218
... gate and , close to it , by a recess and a narrow wicket . Groping beside it , I found a name - plate . This third wall was lower than the other two , it only came up to shoulder . Beyond it I sensed that there was a thickly grown ...
... gate and , close to it , by a recess and a narrow wicket . Groping beside it , I found a name - plate . This third wall was lower than the other two , it only came up to shoulder . Beyond it I sensed that there was a thickly grown ...
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