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Page 48
... darkness of night is friendly and familiar , but in a city , with its blaze of lights , it is unnatural , hostile and menacing . It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers , biding its time . A The morning crept out of a dark cloud like ...
... darkness of night is friendly and familiar , but in a city , with its blaze of lights , it is unnatural , hostile and menacing . It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers , biding its time . A The morning crept out of a dark cloud like ...
Page 104
... dark and crisply curling . They incline to fat , and the women , grace- ful and slender in youth , with age become very stout . When they grow old both sexes become ugly , like monkeys ; and it is strange after the beauty of their youth ...
... dark and crisply curling . They incline to fat , and the women , grace- ful and slender in youth , with age become very stout . When they grow old both sexes become ugly , like monkeys ; and it is strange after the beauty of their youth ...
Page 105
... dark red hair . Fat Miller : a stout , very dark man with a round face and the manner of a buffoon oddly at variance with a kind of innate dignity . # The Hula - Hula . A small room with papered walls , deco- rated with Californian ...
... dark red hair . Fat Miller : a stout , very dark man with a round face and the manner of a buffoon oddly at variance with a kind of innate dignity . # The Hula - Hula . A small room with papered walls , deco- rated with Californian ...
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