Night FlightAfter a tragic crash in the Andes, an airport supervisor must decide whether to continue the "night flights" of the mail. |
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... Pellerin , the pilot , did not move . " Well , aren't you going to get down ? " The pilot , intent on some mysterious task , did not deign to reply . Listening , perhaps , to sounds that he alone could hear , long echoes of the flight ...
... Pellerin , the pilot , did not move . " Well , aren't you going to get down ? " The pilot , intent on some mysterious task , did not deign to reply . Listening , perhaps , to sounds that he alone could hear , long echoes of the flight ...
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... Pellerin's inalienable greatness lay in this - his simple yet sure awareness of what the world , seen from a special angle , signified , his massive scorn of vulgar flattery . So Rivière congratulated him : " Well , how did you bring it ...
... Pellerin's inalienable greatness lay in this - his simple yet sure awareness of what the world , seen from a special angle , signified , his massive scorn of vulgar flattery . So Rivière congratulated him : " Well , how did you bring it ...
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... Pellerin - Pellerin the Conqueror - he had just discovered that his own life was a gray one . Worst of all , he was coming to real- ize that , for all his rank of inspector and au- thority , he , Robineau , cut a poor figure beside this ...
... Pellerin - Pellerin the Conqueror - he had just discovered that his own life was a gray one . Worst of all , he was coming to real- ize that , for all his rank of inspector and au- thority , he , Robineau , cut a poor figure beside this ...
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ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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