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Page 14
... waited in the courtyard , under a plane tree . I sniffed the smells of the cool earth and found I wasn't sleepy any more . Then I thought of the other fellows in the office . At this hour they'd be getting up , preparing to go to work ...
... waited in the courtyard , under a plane tree . I sniffed the smells of the cool earth and found I wasn't sleepy any more . Then I thought of the other fellows in the office . At this hour they'd be getting up , preparing to go to work ...
Page 18
... waited so long for getting under way . Old Pérez , who had put on his hat , took it off again . I had turned slightly in his direction and was looking at him when the warden started telling me more about him . I re- member his saying ...
... waited so long for getting under way . Old Pérez , who had put on his hat , took it off again . I had turned slightly in his direction and was looking at him when the warden started telling me more about him . I re- member his saying ...
Page 63
... waited for a bit . He was rather slow of speech and had , I noticed , a habit of saying " and what's more " between his phrases - even when the second added nothing really to the first . Talk- ing of Marie , he said : " She's an awfully ...
... waited for a bit . He was rather slow of speech and had , I noticed , a habit of saying " and what's more " between his phrases - even when the second added nothing really to the first . Talk- ing of Marie , he said : " She's an awfully ...
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