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Page 11
What struck me most about their faces was that one couldn't see their eyes, only a
dull glow in a sort of nest of wrinkles. On sitting down, they looked at me, and
wagged their heads awkwardly, their lips sucked in between their toothless gums
.
What struck me most about their faces was that one couldn't see their eyes, only a
dull glow in a sort of nest of wrinkles. On sitting down, they looked at me, and
wagged their heads awkwardly, their lips sucked in between their toothless gums
.
Page 15
Sitting down behind his desk, he crossed his short legs and leaned back.
Besides the nurse on duty, he told me, he and I would be the only mourners at
the funeral. It was a rule of the Home that inmates shouldn't attend funerals,
though there ...
Sitting down behind his desk, he crossed his short legs and leaned back.
Besides the nurse on duty, he told me, he and I would be the only mourners at
the funeral. It was a rule of the Home that inmates shouldn't attend funerals,
though there ...
Page 78
The room in which he interviewed me was much like an ordinary sitting room,
with curtained windows, and a single lamp standing on the desk. Its light fell on
the armchair in which he'd had me sit, while his own face stayed in shadow.
The room in which he interviewed me was much like an ordinary sitting room,
with curtained windows, and a single lamp standing on the desk. Its light fell on
the armchair in which he'd had me sit, while his own face stayed in shadow.
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