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... remembered him as he had first seen him years ago : an untidy giant with a wild moustache , dusty animal's hair and bushy eyebrows over two sky - blue eyes that radiated friendliness . He remembered him singing on the box of his buggy ...
... remembered him as he had first seen him years ago : an untidy giant with a wild moustache , dusty animal's hair and bushy eyebrows over two sky - blue eyes that radiated friendliness . He remembered him singing on the box of his buggy ...
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Jan De Hartog. The first thing he remembered was the fear ; he remembered it so vividly that it almost became real once more . Then he started to recognize the bends in the river , the rapids , the twittering birds of dawn and dusk , and ...
Jan De Hartog. The first thing he remembered was the fear ; he remembered it so vividly that it almost became real once more . Then he started to recognize the bends in the river , the rapids , the twittering birds of dawn and dusk , and ...
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... remembered what Brits - Jansen had asked . It had been a low trick , but he could not resist it . ' Show her to me , ' he said , putting out his hand . The boy stared at him incredulously , then put his hand almost automa- tically into ...
... remembered what Brits - Jansen had asked . It had been a low trick , but he could not resist it . ' Show her to me , ' he said , putting out his hand . The boy stared at him incredulously , then put his hand almost automa- tically into ...
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