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Page 9
After a while he started talking again. “You know, your mother's friends will be
coming soon, to keep vigil with you beside the body. We always have a 'vigil'
here, when anyone dies. I'd better go and get some chairs and a pot of black
coffee.
After a while he started talking again. “You know, your mother's friends will be
coming soon, to keep vigil with you beside the body. We always have a 'vigil'
here, when anyone dies. I'd better go and get some chairs and a pot of black
coffee.
Page 10
chairs, and set them out round the coffin. On one he placed a coffeepot and ten or
a dozen cups. Then he sat down facing me, on the far side of Mother. The nurse
was at the other end of the room, with her back to me. I couldn't see what she ...
chairs, and set them out round the coffin. On one he placed a coffeepot and ten or
a dozen cups. Then he sat down facing me, on the far side of Mother. The nurse
was at the other end of the room, with her back to me. I couldn't see what she ...
Page 27
The tobacconist on the other side of the street brought a chair out on to the
pavement in front of his door and sat astride it, resting his arms on the back. The
streetcars which a few minutes before had been crowded were now almost empty
.
The tobacconist on the other side of the street brought a chair out on to the
pavement in front of his door and sat astride it, resting his arms on the back. The
streetcars which a few minutes before had been crowded were now almost empty
.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | THE Stranger |
| Author | ALBERT CAMUS |
| Published | 1942 |
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