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Page 90
Albert Camus. Some days later I was put by myself in a cell , where I slept on a plank bed hinged to the wall . The only other furniture was a latrine bucket and a tin basin . The prison stands on rising ground , and through my little ...
Albert Camus. Some days later I was put by myself in a cell , where I slept on a plank bed hinged to the wall . The only other furniture was a latrine bucket and a tin basin . The prison stands on rising ground , and through my little ...
Page 97
... cell . Next day I did like the others . The lack of cigarettes , too , was a trial . When I was brought to the prison , they took away my belt , my shoelaces , and the contents of my pockets , in- cluding my cigarettes . Once I had been ...
... cell . Next day I did like the others . The lack of cigarettes , too , was a trial . When I was brought to the prison , they took away my belt , my shoelaces , and the contents of my pockets , in- cluding my cigarettes . Once I had been ...
Page 148
... cell , almost the only choice lay between standing up and sitting down . I was staring at the floor . He took a single step toward me , and halted , as if he didn't dare to come nearer . Then he looked up through the bars at the sky ...
... cell , almost the only choice lay between standing up and sitting down . I was staring at the floor . He took a single step toward me , and halted , as if he didn't dare to come nearer . Then he looked up through the bars at the sky ...
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