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Page 225
... feeling of fond superiority . He was still such a boy , such a romantic . How could anything be another planet to her as long as he was there ? Now she knew he had been right : it was indeed another planet . An impenetrable ...
... feeling of fond superiority . He was still such a boy , such a romantic . How could anything be another planet to her as long as he was there ? Now she knew he had been right : it was indeed another planet . An impenetrable ...
Page 354
... feeling of shame . Only when he was on his way to the Head Office did the thought strike him that the man they had found might not have been Flabbinga at all . What had made him so sure he was ? He had not recognized him ; the general ...
... feeling of shame . Only when he was on his way to the Head Office did the thought strike him that the man they had found might not have been Flabbinga at all . What had made him so sure he was ? He had not recognized him ; the general ...
Page 421
... feeling of relief ; then suddenly , it penetrated to him : the stretcher was empty ! He scrambled to his feet , wide awake , ran outside ; on the veranda he had to stop in his tracks so abruptly that he nearly dived down the steps . For ...
... feeling of relief ; then suddenly , it penetrated to him : the stretcher was empty ! He scrambled to his feet , wide awake , ran outside ; on the veranda he had to stop in his tracks so abruptly that he nearly dived down the steps . For ...
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