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Page 87
... waiting . ' ' Waiting - where ? ' Brits - Jansen asked , with almost religious awe . " In the tent , sir , ' Anton answered . Brits - Jansen took it like a man . He must have swallowed several times before he said : ' I see . ' Then he ...
... waiting . ' ' Waiting - where ? ' Brits - Jansen asked , with almost religious awe . " In the tent , sir , ' Anton answered . Brits - Jansen took it like a man . He must have swallowed several times before he said : ' I see . ' Then he ...
Page 157
... waiting all that time , waiting for him to hit him . All the love , horror , misery and pain had been a waste , a pointless detour ; he was back at the blue boy once more , only much weaker , too weak to hit him . The hatred became so ...
... waiting all that time , waiting for him to hit him . All the love , horror , misery and pain had been a waste , a pointless detour ; he was back at the blue boy once more , only much weaker , too weak to hit him . The hatred became so ...
Page 289
... waiting for the first chance to tear the damn thing apart , grind his heels in it , pick it up like a sod and fling it into the jungle , into oblivion . He searched , leafed , tore pages as he turned them , but his anger changed slowly ...
... waiting for the first chance to tear the damn thing apart , grind his heels in it , pick it up like a sod and fling it into the jungle , into oblivion . He searched , leafed , tore pages as he turned them , but his anger changed slowly ...
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