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Page 17
... hearse was waiting . Oblong , glossy , varnished black all over , it vaguely re- minded me of the pen trays in the office . Beside the hearse stood a quaintly dressed little man , whose duty it was , I understood , to supervise the ...
... hearse was waiting . Oblong , glossy , varnished black all over , it vaguely re- minded me of the pen trays in the office . Beside the hearse stood a quaintly dressed little man , whose duty it was , I understood , to supervise the ...
Page 18
... there was something inhuman , discour- aging , about this landscape . At last we made a move . Only then I noticed that Pérez had a slight limp . The old chap steadily lost ground as the hearse gained speed . One of the 18.
... there was something inhuman , discour- aging , about this landscape . At last we made a move . Only then I noticed that Pérez had a slight limp . The old chap steadily lost ground as the hearse gained speed . One of the 18.
Page 20
... hearse . It gave one a queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road ...
... hearse . It gave one a queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road ...
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