Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 43
... dear . I'm here . Don't worry , I'm with you . " He looked at her and tried to smile . " I don't feel very well , " he said . He remembered the scene in the restaurant and his belly heaved . " This is the worst thing that ever happened ...
... dear . I'm here . Don't worry , I'm with you . " He looked at her and tried to smile . " I don't feel very well , " he said . He remembered the scene in the restaurant and his belly heaved . " This is the worst thing that ever happened ...
Page 53
... dear ... just that you can't take the girls to Sunday school like that ... you know we've got to go to church ... we prom- ised ... you know that , dear . . . . " You know , you know . Now he wasn't listening . The same old thing ...
... dear ... just that you can't take the girls to Sunday school like that ... you know we've got to go to church ... we prom- ised ... you know that , dear . . . . " You know , you know . Now he wasn't listening . The same old thing ...
Page 148
... dear sweet man . Gret God , Miss Helen- " her voice rose and descended on the hot air , like a cello " Mama say ' take him back , take him back , ' ' cause , po ' man , bein a man he's de sinful kind and cain't help it , an ' last night ...
... dear sweet man . Gret God , Miss Helen- " her voice rose and descended on the hot air , like a cello " Mama say ' take him back , take him back , ' ' cause , po ' man , bein a man he's de sinful kind and cain't help it , an ' last night ...
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