Night FlightAn adventure story about the men who risked their lives flying the first commercial air mail routes in the early 1930's. |
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Page 129
Sometimes the moon was wandering like a shepherd and the young wife was
heartened by the faithful moon and stars, the thousand presences that watched
her husband. Toward one o'clock she felt him near her. "Not far to go, Buenos
Aires ...
Sometimes the moon was wandering like a shepherd and the young wife was
heartened by the faithful moon and stars, the thousand presences that watched
her husband. Toward one o'clock she felt him near her. "Not far to go, Buenos
Aires ...
Page 131
At last, a voice! "He left Commodoro at seven thirty this evening." "Yes? And then
?" "Then— delayed, seriously delayed by stormy weather." "Ah! A storm!" The
injustice of it, the sly cruelty of that moon up there, that lazing moon of Buenos
Aires!
At last, a voice! "He left Commodoro at seven thirty this evening." "Yes? And then
?" "Then— delayed, seriously delayed by stormy weather." "Ah! A storm!" The
injustice of it, the sly cruelty of that moon up there, that lazing moon of Buenos
Aires!
Page 150
The clouds beneath threw up the flakes the moon was pouring on them; on every
hand they loomed like towers of snow. A milky stream of light flowed everywhere,
150 laving the plane and crew. When Fabien turned he saw NIGHT FLIGHT.
The clouds beneath threw up the flakes the moon was pouring on them; on every
hand they loomed like towers of snow. A milky stream of light flowed everywhere,
150 laving the plane and crew. When Fabien turned he saw NIGHT FLIGHT.
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Contents
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
RIVIERE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Night Flight Volume 7 of Modern masterpieces in English |
| Author | Antoine de Saint-Exup©♭ry |
| Translated by | Stuart Gilbert, André Gide |
| Contributor | André Gide |
| Publisher | Century Company, 1932 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 198 pages |
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