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... face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new rum ; the glassy double ...
... face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new rum ; the glassy double ...
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... face of that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then travelled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember I was ...
... face of that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then travelled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember I was ...
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... face with the colour and texture of a white - heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed every- thing , leading an out - of - door life which gave her face the colour of a wrinkled pippin . It was the ...
... face with the colour and texture of a white - heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed every- thing , leading an out - of - door life which gave her face the colour of a wrinkled pippin . It was the ...
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... face of the quarry rose up pale in the moonlight ; the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to ...
... face of the quarry rose up pale in the moonlight ; the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to ...
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... face like that of a certain keeper's daughter . Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more , as far as I could tell . " What can she be to me since I have seen your ? " he said once , and then stopped ...
... face like that of a certain keeper's daughter . Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more , as far as I could tell . " What can she be to me since I have seen your ? " he said once , and then stopped ...
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