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... Marsabit . His wife had come to the Quaker house bearing half a crate of wine . The wine was part of a regular consignment of delicacies from France which she said made their life in Kenya ' supportable ' . But the engineer was not due ...
... Marsabit . His wife had come to the Quaker house bearing half a crate of wine . The wine was part of a regular consignment of delicacies from France which she said made their life in Kenya ' supportable ' . But the engineer was not due ...
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... Marsabit , stretched one hundred and fifty miles of desert . Only a raving lunatic would attempt to cross it without a full tank . I leaned my head against the steering - wheel and shut my eyes . ' Well , sorry , folks , ' Mel exclaimed ...
... Marsabit , stretched one hundred and fifty miles of desert . Only a raving lunatic would attempt to cross it without a full tank . I leaned my head against the steering - wheel and shut my eyes . ' Well , sorry , folks , ' Mel exclaimed ...
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... Marsabit and the twenty minutes we spent in the blazing heat to change the wheel exhausted Mel . His face was raw from the wind . He lolled beside the car incapable of any effort . I had a nose- bleed while straining to tighten the ...
... Marsabit and the twenty minutes we spent in the blazing heat to change the wheel exhausted Mel . His face was raw from the wind . He lolled beside the car incapable of any effort . I had a nose- bleed while straining to tighten the ...
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