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Page 40
... sitting , all sixteen of them in a heap , absorbed in some sort of dice game . Nobody looked up at his arrival except the mandur , who grinned and said : ' Tuan . ' He stood looking for a while at their mysterious game , listened to ...
... sitting , all sixteen of them in a heap , absorbed in some sort of dice game . Nobody looked up at his arrival except the mandur , who grinned and said : ' Tuan . ' He stood looking for a while at their mysterious game , listened to ...
Page 117
... sitting at his table once more . But he discovered him on his knees by the chair , praying . There was only one thing to be done . If his diagnosis were correct , Bert's father was going through tortures which were unimaginable , and ...
... sitting at his table once more . But he discovered him on his knees by the chair , praying . There was only one thing to be done . If his diagnosis were correct , Bert's father was going through tortures which were unimaginable , and ...
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... sitting on the veranda . ' She closed the suitcase , hesitated ; then she went out on to the veranda . It had been ... sit down in a low chair , but he said he would rather sit at the table as he was convalescent after an operation ...
... sitting on the veranda . ' She closed the suitcase , hesitated ; then she went out on to the veranda . It had been ... sit down in a low chair , but he said he would rather sit at the table as he was convalescent after an operation ...
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