RomanceDent, 1949 - 541 pages |
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... sound , flap- ping away against the branches . My pulse was danc- ing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again and I began to think I had missed ...
... sound , flap- ping away against the branches . My pulse was danc- ing with delight - my heart , too . It was like a game of hide - and - seek , and yet it was life at last . Everything grew silent again and I began to think I had missed ...
Page 247
... sound of sand - and the boat , without a splash , floated . The earth , slipping as it were away from under the keel , left us borne upon the waters of the bay , which were as still as the windless night itself . The pushing off of that ...
... sound of sand - and the boat , without a splash , floated . The earth , slipping as it were away from under the keel , left us borne upon the waters of the bay , which were as still as the windless night itself . The pushing off of that ...
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... sound chewing ; at the same time he was sobbing and cursing stealthily . He had found something to eat , then ! I could not believe my ears , but I began to creep towards the sound , and suddenly there was a short , mad scuffle in the ...
... sound chewing ; at the same time he was sobbing and cursing stealthily . He had found something to eat , then ! I could not believe my ears , but I began to creep towards the sound , and suddenly there was a short , mad scuffle in the ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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