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Page 73
... Soddo just as the light was fading . It was the end of the line . I stood in the dust and was at once claimed by another boy in a white shirt who grabbed my bag and said , ' Come . ' Who were these snowy - clad urchins ? And why could ...
... Soddo just as the light was fading . It was the end of the line . I stood in the dust and was at once claimed by another boy in a white shirt who grabbed my bag and said , ' Come . ' Who were these snowy - clad urchins ? And why could ...
Page 74
... Soddo secondary school . He was un- happy with the appointment because he thought the people in the south were an uncouth , primitive lot . He wanted a post in Addis or his hometown . ' But , ' he said , ' I must go where the Emperor ...
... Soddo secondary school . He was un- happy with the appointment because he thought the people in the south were an uncouth , primitive lot . He wanted a post in Addis or his hometown . ' But , ' he said , ' I must go where the Emperor ...
Page 77
... Soddo and Dilla lay a river , mountains , and a narrow stretch of desert , all part of the Rift , and no road crossed it . I calculated : a day's journey to Arba Mintch , another day to Dilla , two days to Moyale . If I was lucky and ...
... Soddo and Dilla lay a river , mountains , and a narrow stretch of desert , all part of the Rift , and no road crossed it . I calculated : a day's journey to Arba Mintch , another day to Dilla , two days to Moyale . If I was lucky and ...
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Abbavich Addis Amharic anyway Arba Mintch asked backpack began bloody bottle CHAPTER Chencha clean compound Conso crawled dark Dilla door Dr Kekri drink driving dust Ethiopia eyes face ferenj Gabriel Gidole girl Gita Haile Selassie hair hand head injera Jassahn Jeep Kenya knew Lake Abaya Lake Chamo Land-Rover Latybalu laughed leave letter looked Marsabit Mel and Graham Mel's Mintch morning Moyale Nairobi Nastasia never night passport Perhaps Peter pineapple Quaker House Rajib Rift road round seemed Shanti Shashamane shirt shoulder Singh Sister Ingrid smiled Soddo someone stared stay stood stopped sweat T. E. Lawrence Taffera talk tell there's things thought told Tony took town Toyota traveller's cheques trouble turned typhus Victor waiting walked watched woman women wondered woodlouse Yabello