Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 122
... yellow building I recognised as the post office . I couldn't understand why she was holding me so tightly by the hand and pushing into the gateway . All I could see was people's backs and the pigeons wheeling overhead , catching the ...
... yellow building I recognised as the post office . I couldn't understand why she was holding me so tightly by the hand and pushing into the gateway . All I could see was people's backs and the pigeons wheeling overhead , catching the ...
Page 208
... yellow with islands of flowers , shining with puddles like windows , and rustling with grey sedge . Never had I seen such limitless marshes . At a distance from the road , among the luxuriant green of patches of quagmire , a slanting ...
... yellow with islands of flowers , shining with puddles like windows , and rustling with grey sedge . Never had I seen such limitless marshes . At a distance from the road , among the luxuriant green of patches of quagmire , a slanting ...
Page 267
... yellow darkness raced low over the earth . A glass pane cracked and tinkled . An unbelievably white light flared and there was a bang as if the house had been driven up to its roof into the ground . A ball of yellow fire ran smoking and ...
... yellow darkness raced low over the earth . A glass pane cracked and tinkled . An unbelievably white light flared and there was a bang as if the house had been driven up to its roof into the ground . A ball of yellow fire ran smoking and ...
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