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... face . A boy's face in a white halo . " The most beautiful eyes I ever saw , ' the boy said ; he woke up with a start . The lamp smoked . He got to his feet and turned down the wick . The moths were still circling ; he gazed at them ...
... face . A boy's face in a white halo . " The most beautiful eyes I ever saw , ' the boy said ; he woke up with a start . The lamp smoked . He got to his feet and turned down the wick . The moths were still circling ; he gazed at them ...
Page 154
... face was broken up into fragments that bobbed on widen- ing rings on the water . The rings slowly smoothed out , the face was pieced together once more , and he saw it was not a face but the hand . He jumped and ran on again , fleeing ...
... face was broken up into fragments that bobbed on widen- ing rings on the water . The rings slowly smoothed out , the face was pieced together once more , and he saw it was not a face but the hand . He jumped and ran on again , fleeing ...
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... face : it was the same expression as the one he had observed on the face of Captain Willem Waterreus , during that first prayer in the dining hall of Man - Pu - Ko - Chu , when he had diagnosed his erotomania . He recognized the power ...
... face : it was the same expression as the one he had observed on the face of Captain Willem Waterreus , during that first prayer in the dining hall of Man - Pu - Ko - Chu , when he had diagnosed his erotomania . He recognized the power ...
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