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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... little cafés , trees under which they walk . He was like some conqueror who , in the aftermath of victory , bends ... little towns , where he lived an hour , their gardens girdled by old walls over which he passed , seemed something ...
... little cafés , trees under which they walk . He was like some conqueror who , in the aftermath of victory , bends ... little towns , where he lived an hour , their gardens girdled by old walls over which he passed , seemed something ...
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... townsfolk of the little towns promenade each evening round a bandstand and Rivière thought : It's nonsense to talk of being 38 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... townsfolk of the little towns promenade each evening round a bandstand and Rivière thought : It's nonsense to talk of being 38 NIGHT FLIGHT.
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... little people of these little towns , strolling around their band- stands , might seem to lead a placid life and yet it had its tragedies ; illness , love , bereave- ments , and that perhaps His own trouble was teaching him many things ...
... little people of these little towns , strolling around their band- stands , might seem to lead a placid life and yet it had its tragedies ; illness , love , bereave- ments , and that perhaps His own trouble was teaching him many things ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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