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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... GOLDEN EVENING- 2. THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR- MAIL SERVICE- 3. THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED AND THICKENED- ix XV 17 24 28 4. RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT 33 5. ROBINEAU WAS FEELING TIRED TO- NIGHT 41 6. THE CLERKS WERE ...
... GOLDEN EVENING- 2. THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR- MAIL SERVICE- 3. THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED AND THICKENED- ix XV 17 24 28 4. RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT 33 5. ROBINEAU WAS FEELING TIRED TO- NIGHT 41 6. THE CLERKS WERE ...
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... golden evening , the shadowed hills had dug their furrows and the plains grew luminous with long - enduring light . For in these lands the ground gives off this golden glow persist- ently , just as , even when winter goes , the ...
... golden evening , the shadowed hills had dug their furrows and the plains grew luminous with long - enduring light . For in these lands the ground gives off this golden glow persist- ently , just as , even when winter goes , the ...
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... golden sanctuary the evening lamp- light shine on faces bending side by side . " Under what authority have I taken them from all this ? " he wondered . What was his right to rob them of their personal happiness ? Did not the highest of ...
... golden sanctuary the evening lamp- light shine on faces bending side by side . " Under what authority have I taken them from all this ? " he wondered . What was his right to rob them of their personal happiness ? Did not the highest of ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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