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Page 53
... face turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the door- way . He held a full glass very carefully and started to descend . Suddenly he stopped ...
... face turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the door- way . He held a full glass very carefully and started to descend . Suddenly he stopped ...
Page 60
... face had lost its moist bloom , its hardly distinguishable subcuta- neous flush . It had grown very , very pale ... faces of your officers when my uncle refused to go to their governor's palace ; there was to have been a fiesta , ' a ...
... face had lost its moist bloom , its hardly distinguishable subcuta- neous flush . It had grown very , very pale ... faces of your officers when my uncle refused to go to their governor's palace ; there was to have been a fiesta , ' a ...
Page 65
... face towards us , sat the old Don asleep in the high chair . His delicate white hands lay along the arms , one of them holding a gold vinaigrette ; his black , silver- headed cane was between his silk - stockinged legs . The diamond ...
... face towards us , sat the old Don asleep in the high chair . His delicate white hands lay along the arms , one of them holding a gold vinaigrette ; his black , silver- headed cane was between his silk - stockinged legs . The diamond ...
Page 66
... face turned up to the distant begrimed ceiling . 66 Now , I'll make you a fair offer , " O'Brien said suddenly , after an intent study of the insolent glance that I gave him . I disliked him because I knew nothing about the sort of man ...
... face turned up to the distant begrimed ceiling . 66 Now , I'll make you a fair offer , " O'Brien said suddenly , after an intent study of the insolent glance that I gave him . I disliked him because I knew nothing about the sort of man ...
Page 69
... face in Rio Medio . I remembered his sallow , shiny cheeks , and the exaggerated gestures of his claw- like hands . O'Brien smiled . " Nichols is alive right enough , but no more good than if he were dead . And that's the truth . He ...
... face in Rio Medio . I remembered his sallow , shiny cheeks , and the exaggerated gestures of his claw- like hands . O'Brien smiled . " Nichols is alive right enough , but no more good than if he were dead . And that's the truth . He ...
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