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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... longer guarded . He landed ; and now he knew that he had seen nothing at all , only a few men slowly moving amongst their stones . The village kept , by its mere immo- bility , the secret of its passions and withheld its kindly charm ...
... longer guarded . He landed ; and now he knew that he had seen nothing at all , only a few men slowly moving amongst their stones . The village kept , by its mere immo- bility , the secret of its passions and withheld its kindly charm ...
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... longer evade the is- sue- " Under what authority ? " These men , he mused , who perhaps are lost , might have led happy lives . He seemed to see as in a golden sanctuary the evening lamp- light shine on faces bending side by side ...
... longer evade the is- sue- " Under what authority ? " These men , he mused , who perhaps are lost , might have led happy lives . He seemed to see as in a golden sanctuary the evening lamp- light shine on faces bending side by side ...
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... longer his chief watched him , the more deeply Robineau blushed and the more it grew on Rivière that this fellow had come , for all his touching and unhappily sincere good - will , to act as spokes- man for the folly of the herd ...
... longer his chief watched him , the more deeply Robineau blushed and the more it grew on Rivière that this fellow had come , for all his touching and unhappily sincere good - will , to act as spokes- man for the folly of the herd ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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