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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... lips . " Only . only you are his chief , you see . " " Yes , " said Robineau . Rivière was thinking how to - night , as every night , a battle was in progress in the southern sky . A moment's weakening of the will might spell defeat ...
... lips . " Only . only you are his chief , you see . " " Yes , " said Robineau . Rivière was thinking how to - night , as every night , a battle was in progress in the southern sky . A moment's weakening of the will might spell defeat ...
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... lips , like the dry savor of a journey's end . Some- thing mysterious , a sickening thing , had come to pass . And all the shining nickel and trel- lised copper seemed tarnished with the gloom that broods on ruined factories . All this ...
... lips , like the dry savor of a journey's end . Some- thing mysterious , a sickening thing , had come to pass . And all the shining nickel and trel- lised copper seemed tarnished with the gloom that broods on ruined factories . All this ...
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... lips ; but every time he raised his eyes they encountered that bent head , gray hair and lips tight - set upon their bitter secret . At last he summoned up his courage . " Sir ! " Rivière raised his head and looked at him . So deep , so ...
... lips ; but every time he raised his eyes they encountered that bent head , gray hair and lips tight - set upon their bitter secret . At last he summoned up his courage . " Sir ! " Rivière raised his head and looked at him . So deep , so ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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