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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... 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 instead . 66 " ... Drinks are on you ! " Then he ...
... 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 instead . 66 " ... Drinks are on you ! " Then he ...
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... touch Fabien's shoulder and warn him , but then he saw him slowly turn his head , fix his eyes a while on this new enemy and then as slowly return to his previous position , his neck pressed back against the leather pad , shoul- ders ...
... touch Fabien's shoulder and warn him , but then he saw him slowly turn his head , fix his eyes a while on this new enemy and then as slowly return to his previous position , his neck pressed back against the leather pad , shoul- ders ...
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... touch the key , the shocks are numbing my hands . " In his vexation Fabien wanted to reply , but the moment his hands left the controls to write , a vast groundswell seemed to surge up across his body ; the eddies lifted him in his five ...
... touch the key , the shocks are numbing my hands . " In his vexation Fabien wanted to reply , but the moment his hands left the controls to write , a vast groundswell seemed to surge up across his body ; the eddies lifted him in his five ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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