Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 326
... blue in the distance , rising like minarets or monoliths ; near by on summer days yachtsmen sail their boats out of City Island , and the patterns their white sails make on the water are as pretty as kites blown about against a blue ...
... blue in the distance , rising like minarets or monoliths ; near by on summer days yachtsmen sail their boats out of City Island , and the patterns their white sails make on the water are as pretty as kites blown about against a blue ...
Page 327
... blue odor ascends , is caught by a breeze and sweeps down among the graves , curls about the monument . It is almost as if this monument were forgotten . Who put it there is a mystery ; it bears the meadow's only epitaph . It is small ...
... blue odor ascends , is caught by a breeze and sweeps down among the graves , curls about the monument . It is almost as if this monument were forgotten . Who put it there is a mystery ; it bears the meadow's only epitaph . It is small ...
Page 348
... blue banner with icebergs , while the cashier , cozy in her air - conditioned box office , gazed at the heat in a chilled reverie , like an orchid inside a florist's icebox . I must not , but the sign said BAR and I pulled open the door ...
... blue banner with icebergs , while the cashier , cozy in her air - conditioned box office , gazed at the heat in a chilled reverie , like an orchid inside a florist's icebox . I must not , but the sign said BAR and I pulled open the door ...
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