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Page 113
... blue cotton trousers and nothing else ; the cook is dressed in dirty , ragged whites . The captain wears a blue flannel shirt , open at the neck , an old grey felt hat , and a very old pair of blue serge trousers . The engineer is ...
... blue cotton trousers and nothing else ; the cook is dressed in dirty , ragged whites . The captain wears a blue flannel shirt , open at the neck , an old grey felt hat , and a very old pair of blue serge trousers . The engineer is ...
Page 128
... Blue . He came out straight from Oxford , where he got his football blue , and he has been here five years . He is now a magistrate on one of the islands and is the only white man on it . When he has a vacation he comes to Suva and ...
... Blue . He came out straight from Oxford , where he got his football blue , and he has been here five years . He is now a magistrate on one of the islands and is the only white man on it . When he has a vacation he comes to Suva and ...
Page 201
... blue eyes and curly chestnut hair that grows thickly on his neck . He is trying to grow a moustache . He has a charming smile with him . He is ingenuous and naïf . He has the enthusiasm of youth and the mannerisms of a cavalry officer ...
... blue eyes and curly chestnut hair that grows thickly on his neck . He is trying to grow a moustache . He has a charming smile with him . He is ingenuous and naïf . He has the enthusiasm of youth and the mannerisms of a cavalry officer ...
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