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Page 14
I hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an
agreeable walk I could have had , if it hadn't been for Mother . As it was , I waited
in the courtyard , under a plane tree . I sniffed the smells of the cool earth and
found I ...
I hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an
agreeable walk I could have had , if it hadn't been for Mother . As it was , I waited
in the courtyard , under a plane tree . I sniffed the smells of the cool earth and
found I ...
Page 144
Then I did something I hadn't done for quite a while ; I fell to thinking about Marie .
She hadn't written for ages ; probably , I surmised , she had grown tired of being
the mistress of a man sentenced to death . Or she might be ill , or dead . After all ...
Then I did something I hadn't done for quite a while ; I fell to thinking about Marie .
She hadn't written for ages ; probably , I surmised , she had grown tired of being
the mistress of a man sentenced to death . Or she might be ill , or dead . After all ...
Page 146
I , however , didn't want to be helped , and I hadn't time to work up interest for
something that didn't interest me . He Auttered his hands fretfully ; then , sitting up
, smoothed out his cassock . When this was done he began talking again ...
I , however , didn't want to be helped , and I hadn't time to work up interest for
something that didn't interest me . He Auttered his hands fretfully ; then , sitting up
, smoothed out his cassock . When this was done he began talking again ...
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