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Page 68
... walked . Some of the men followed . I thought : If we don't run , they won't chase . My legs were wobbly . ' A bus , ' the imp repeated . ' Hurry . ' ' I want to go back to Dilla , ' I said stupidly . ' Yes , yes . Come . ' He took my ...
... walked . Some of the men followed . I thought : If we don't run , they won't chase . My legs were wobbly . ' A bus , ' the imp repeated . ' Hurry . ' ' I want to go back to Dilla , ' I said stupidly . ' Yes , yes . Come . ' He took my ...
Page 117
... walked out . I may have muttered something like , ' Up yours , mate , ' as I went . To my great surprise , Mel followed and hopped up beside me in Victor's Jeep . He said , ' You can't trust a chick about roads . Some things you got to ...
... walked out . I may have muttered something like , ' Up yours , mate , ' as I went . To my great surprise , Mel followed and hopped up beside me in Victor's Jeep . He said , ' You can't trust a chick about roads . Some things you got to ...
Page 127
... walked from one end of the municipal row to the other and then back . I was very close to tears , and a cold cloud of fear seemed to be following me . I wanted to beat on the bank door till someone let me in , or run and not stop until ...
... walked from one end of the municipal row to the other and then back . I was very close to tears , and a cold cloud of fear seemed to be following me . I wanted to beat on the bank door till someone let me in , or run and not stop until ...
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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