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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... fellow , " thought Rivière , “ doesn't know his greatness . " Somewhere , too , the planes were fighting forward ; the night flights went on and on like a persistent malady , and on them watch must be kept . Help must be given to these ...
... fellow , " thought Rivière , “ doesn't know his greatness . " Somewhere , too , the planes were fighting forward ; the night flights went on and on like a persistent malady , and on them watch must be kept . Help must be given to these ...
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... fellow would get back his prestige , the youngsters cease to laugh . As he was asking himself if he would tear it up , the telephone rang . There was a long pause , full of the reso- nance and depth that wind and distance give to voices ...
... fellow would get back his prestige , the youngsters cease to laugh . As he was asking himself if he would tear it up , the telephone rang . There was a long pause , full of the reso- nance and depth that wind and distance give to voices ...
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... fellow had come , for all his touching and unhappily sincere good - will , to act as spokes- man for the folly of the herd . Robineau by now had quite lost his bear- ings . The N.C.O. , the general , the bullets— all faded into mist ...
... fellow had come , for all his touching and unhappily sincere good - will , to act as spokes- man for the folly of the herd . Robineau by now had quite lost his bear- ings . The N.C.O. , the general , the bullets— all faded into mist ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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