The Wild PalmsChatto & Windus, 1954 - 315 pàgines |
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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 ...
Pàgina 237
... head clamped against his jaw , the furious tail lashing and flailing , the knife in his other hand probing for the life and finding it , the hot fierce gush : and now sitting beside the profound up - bellied carcass , his head again ...
... head clamped against his jaw , the furious tail lashing and flailing , the knife in his other hand probing for the life and finding it , the hot fierce gush : and now sitting beside the profound up - bellied carcass , his head again ...
Pàgina 296
... head jerking and trembling , the head of an old man indeed now . Then he sank slowly back , his head jerking as the heads of old men do . But his voice was quite calm , cold : " Give that man protection out of town . See that he leaves ...
... head jerking and trembling , the head of an old man indeed now . Then he sank slowly back , his head jerking as the heads of old men do . But his voice was quite calm , cold : " Give that man protection out of town . See that he leaves ...
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66 All right ain't already began believe beneath black wind blinked boat breath Buckner Cajan 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