RomanceDent, 1949 - 541 pages |
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... knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman ...
... knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman ...
Page 528
... knew forty of the largest . Mostly sharpers in the boosing - kens . He yawned . I said viciously : " It was your place to know the island . Horton Pen - the Macdonalds ? ” You knew The face of jolly old Mrs. Mac . came to my mind— the ...
... knew forty of the largest . Mostly sharpers in the boosing - kens . He yawned . I said viciously : " It was your place to know the island . Horton Pen - the Macdonalds ? ” You knew The face of jolly old Mrs. Mac . came to my mind— the ...
Page 532
... knew very well that I was carrying my audience with me ; I knew how to do it , I had it in the blood . The old pale , faded , narrow- lidded father who was blinking and nodding at me , had been one of the best raconteurs that ever was . I ...
... knew very well that I was carrying my audience with me ; I knew how to do it , I had it in the blood . The old pale , faded , narrow- lidded father who was blinking and nodding at me , had been one of the best raconteurs that ever was . I ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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