The Wild PalmsChatto & Windus, 1954 - 315 pàgines |
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Pàgina 24
... talk glibly of sandboils . Perhaps what actually moved them were the accounts of the conscripted levee gangs , mixed blacks and whites working in double shifts against the steadily rising water ; stories of men , even though they were ...
... talk glibly of sandboils . Perhaps what actually moved them were the accounts of the conscripted levee gangs , mixed blacks and whites working in double shifts against the steadily rising water ; stories of men , even though they were ...
Pàgina 89
... talk- ing about security . Have you no soul ? -How much money have we got now , Harry ? " He looked at the meter . " A hundred and dollars . ' 66 " " But listen , " McCord said . twenty - two " All right , " she said . " But now is no ...
... talk- ing about security . Have you no soul ? -How much money have we got now , Harry ? " He looked at the meter . " A hundred and dollars . ' 66 " " But listen , " McCord said . twenty - two " All right , " she said . " But now is no ...
Pàgina 173
... talk to them : one of the wops was the inter- preter for them . But they are queer people ; they don't understand dishonesty . I guess when the wops tried to tell them , it just didn't make sense , that a man could let folks keep on ...
... talk to them : one of the wops was the inter- preter for them . But they are queer people ; they don't understand dishonesty . I guess when the wops tried to tell them , it just didn't make sense , that a man could let folks keep on ...
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