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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... seemed to hold this folk ; they were his subjects , to touch or hear or curse , as the fancy took him . His impulse now was to curse them for a lazy crowd , so sure of life they seemed , gaping at the moon ; but he decided to be genial ...
... seemed to hold this folk ; they were his subjects , to touch or hear or curse , as the fancy took him . His impulse now was to curse them for a lazy crowd , so sure of life they seemed , gaping at the moon ; but he decided to be genial ...
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... seemed on its way to him , no storm was lowering . And still - another world , like it and yet unlike , was issuing from the world around him . Now all those quiet - looking peaks , snow - caps , and ridges , growing faintly grayer , seemed ...
... seemed on its way to him , no storm was lowering . And still - another world , like it and yet unlike , was issuing from the world around him . Now all those quiet - looking peaks , snow - caps , and ridges , growing faintly grayer , seemed ...
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... seemed less opaque , or was it only that his eyes were growing strained ? The wireless operator handed him a slip of paper . " Where are we ? " Fabien would have given much to know . " Can't say exactly , " he answered . " We are flying ...
... seemed less opaque , or was it only that his eyes were growing strained ? The wireless operator handed him a slip of paper . " Where are we ? " Fabien would have given much to know . " Can't say exactly , " he answered . " We are flying ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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