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Page 141
... breath ; and when I felt the slight , trembling touch of Don Balthasar's hand resting on my inclined head , it was as if I had suddenly become aware for a moment of the earth's motion . The hand was gone ; his face was averted , and a ...
... breath ; and when I felt the slight , trembling touch of Don Balthasar's hand resting on my inclined head , it was as if I had suddenly become aware for a moment of the earth's motion . The hand was gone ; his face was averted , and a ...
Page 185
... breath . It was the indispensable condition of our contact , of our words , of our thoughts ; it was the atmosphere of our feelings ; a something as all - pervading and impalpable as the air we drew into our lungs . And suddenly this ...
... breath . It was the indispensable condition of our contact , of our words , of our thoughts ; it was the atmosphere of our feelings ; a something as all - pervading and impalpable as the air we drew into our lungs . And suddenly this ...
Page 286
... breath - at the very last gasp , as you might say . A man , smooth - faced , well - knit , very elated and buoyant , began talking to me endlessly . He was mighty happy , and anyhow he could talk to me , be- cause I was past doing ...
... breath - at the very last gasp , as you might say . A man , smooth - faced , well - knit , very elated and buoyant , began talking to me endlessly . He was mighty happy , and anyhow he could talk to me , be- cause I was past doing ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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