The Wild PalmsChatto & Windus, 1954 - 315 pàgines |
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Pàgina 69
... deputy wardens , followed closely by the plump convict and another white man - a small man with a gaunt unshaven wan face still wearing an expression of incredulous outrage . The deputy warden seemed to know exactly where he wished to ...
... deputy wardens , followed closely by the plump convict and another white man - a small man with a gaunt unshaven wan face still wearing an expression of incredulous outrage . The deputy warden seemed to know exactly where he wished to ...
Pàgina 72
... deputy handed it to the refugee , who took the glass in both jerking hands and tried to raise it to his mouth . They watched him for per- haps twenty seconds , then the deputy took the glass from him and held it to his lips while he ...
... deputy handed it to the refugee , who took the glass in both jerking hands and tried to raise it to his mouth . They watched him for per- haps twenty seconds , then the deputy took the glass from him and held it to his lips while he ...
Pàgina 303
... deputy looked at the emissary , the deputy's mouth open a little , the cigar poised in his hand to have its tip bitten off . The emissary spoke pleasantly , extremely distinctly : " On a report of death forwarded to the Governor by the ...
... deputy looked at the emissary , the deputy's mouth open a little , the cigar poised in his hand to have its tip bitten off . The emissary spoke pleasantly , extremely distinctly : " On a report of death forwarded to the Governor by the ...
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