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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... vière knew a dark sense of duty , greater than that of love . And deep within it there might lie another emotion and a tender one , but worlds away from ordinary feelings . He re- · called a phrase that he once had read : NIGHT FLIGHT 95.
... vière knew a dark sense of duty , greater than that of love . And deep within it there might lie another emotion and a tender one , but worlds away from ordinary feelings . He re- · called a phrase that he once had read : NIGHT FLIGHT 95.
Page 101
... deep abyss , a star or two . Only too well he knew them for a trap . A man sees a few stars at the issue of a pit and climbs toward them , and then - never can he get down again but stays up there eternally , chewing the stars . . But ...
... deep abyss , a star or two . Only too well he knew them for a trap . A man sees a few stars at the issue of a pit and climbs toward them , and then - never can he get down again but stays up there eternally , chewing the stars . . But ...
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... 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 bereavement , none would ever know . . . . For a long ...
... 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 bereavement , none would ever know . . . . For a long ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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