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... stopped at some station and the passengers as usual got out , some to fetch water to make tea , some to buy food and others to stretch their legs . A blind soldier was sitting on a bench . Other soldiers sat beside him and more stood ...
... stopped at some station and the passengers as usual got out , some to fetch water to make tea , some to buy food and others to stretch their legs . A blind soldier was sitting on a bench . Other soldiers sat beside him and more stood ...
Page 79
... stopped and stared frowning at the four cards that still lay , their backs upward , waiting to be turned up . " It was in the cards . Why did I not take their warn- ing ? I will not look at them . Damn them . Take them away . 99 With a ...
... stopped and stared frowning at the four cards that still lay , their backs upward , waiting to be turned up . " It was in the cards . Why did I not take their warn- ing ? I will not look at them . Damn them . Take them away . 99 With a ...
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... stopped , not because he had said all he had to say , but because he was out of breath . He noticed also that the ambassador , desiring to talk rather than to listen , heard him with a politeness that was strained . But he had made this ...
... stopped , not because he had said all he had to say , but because he was out of breath . He noticed also that the ambassador , desiring to talk rather than to listen , heard him with a politeness that was strained . But he had made this ...
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