Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 290
... light meters shining in the light and the garages closed and the clipped , pruned hedges - in all these houses people are sleeping , for it is Sunday ; no one stirs . Peyton's sandals flap - flap along the sidewalk , she talks of boys ...
... light meters shining in the light and the garages closed and the clipped , pruned hedges - in all these houses people are sleeping , for it is Sunday ; no one stirs . Peyton's sandals flap - flap along the sidewalk , she talks of boys ...
Page 343
... light in my mind , there was a flutter of wings , the birds fled across the sand , swiftly as a gale toward the horizon , and I smiled at myself in the mirror , feeling clean for a moment , and well . " It was always you , " he said ...
... light in my mind , there was a flutter of wings , the birds fled across the sand , swiftly as a gale toward the horizon , and I smiled at myself in the mirror , feeling clean for a moment , and well . " It was always you , " he said ...
Page 347
... light didn't seem to come properly through the hole . Perhaps it would get dark after all in there , like day and night , the alternating light and blackness : we'd see dusk and dawning , too , sprawled out drowsing on the springs ...
... light didn't seem to come properly through the hole . Perhaps it would get dark after all in there , like day and night , the alternating light and blackness : we'd see dusk and dawning , too , sprawled out drowsing on the springs ...
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