The Wild PalmsChatto & Windus, 1954 - 315 pàgines |
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Pàgina 70
... head he spoke to the plump convict . " Tell him , " he said . 66 He was the one that said he could row a boat , " the plump convict said . " I never . I told him myself " -he indicated the deputy warden with a jerk of his head— “ I ...
... head he spoke to the plump convict . " Tell him , " he said . 66 He was the one that said he could row a boat , " the plump convict said . " I never . I told him myself " -he indicated the deputy warden with a jerk of his head— “ I ...
Pàgina 139
... head upstream and managed to hold it so by terrific exertion , continued even after he discovered that they were travelling straight enough but stern - first and continued somehow even after the bow began to wear away and swing : the ...
... head upstream and managed to hold it so by terrific exertion , continued even after he discovered that they were travelling straight enough but stern - first and continued somehow even after the bow began to wear away and swing : the ...
Pàgina 140
... head be- tween his knees , trying to stanch the fresh and apparently inexhaustible flow of blood from his nose with handfuls of water . The woman ceased paddling , the skiff drifted on , slowing , while she looked about . " We're done ...
... head be- tween his knees , trying to stanch the fresh and apparently inexhaustible flow of blood from his nose with handfuls of water . The woman ceased paddling , the skiff drifted on , slowing , while she looked about . " We're done ...
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ain't already began believe beneath beside black wind blinked boat breath Buckner Cajan carrying cashier's cheque ceased Charlotte cigarette coat cold cottonfield cried damned dark deputy doctor dollars door drink eyes face feet flat glare going gunwales hand hard Harry head hear heard hell hold instant knew levee light Listen live looked McCord move never niggers night nurse officer oleander once Orleans outrage paddle palm pantomime pilot house pirogue pistol plump convict quietly realised remembered returned Rittenmeyer seemed sitting skiff sleep smell snow sorghum sound squatted stared steadily steamboat stood stopped stove talk tall convict tell thinking thought told took train trees truck trying turned vanished Vicksburg violently voice wait waked walk Warden watched whisky wife Wilbourne wild Wild Palms wind window woman