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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Page 48
... Rivière addressed him , without turning his head . " What is your idea of this map , Robineau ? " He had a way of springing conundrums of this sort when he came out of a brown study . " The map , Monsieur Rivière ? Well- " As a matter ...
... Rivière addressed him , without turning his head . " What is your idea of this map , Robineau ? " He had a way of springing conundrums of this sort when he came out of a brown study . " The map , Monsieur Rivière ? Well- " As a matter ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. got from Rivière was a jeer . " Stops you sleep- ing , eh ? So much the better for your work ! " Rivière spoke only half in jest . One of his sayings was : " If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. got from Rivière was a jeer . " Stops you sleep- ing , eh ? So much the better for your work ! " Rivière spoke only half in jest . One of his sayings was : " If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his ...
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... Rivière raised his head and looked at him . So deep , so far away had been his dream that till now he might well have been unconscious of Robineau's presence there . And what he felt , what was that dream and what his heart's ...
... Rivière raised his head and looked at him . So deep , so far away had been his dream that till now he might well have been unconscious of Robineau's presence there . And what he felt , what was that dream and what his heart's ...
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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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