Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 150
... passed the landmarks of the town , and with what dread he watched the hearse balk at the stop- lights , smoke spewing from the hood . If the hearse broke down Loftis knew that he'd be unable to bear it . He'd have to run away , through ...
... passed the landmarks of the town , and with what dread he watched the hearse balk at the stop- lights , smoke spewing from the hood . If the hearse broke down Loftis knew that he'd be unable to bear it . He'd have to run away , through ...
Page 166
... passed away , for when Helen arrived a few minutes later , pulling up the driveway with a sputter of tires on the ... passing years , to perform its tinkling ritual of remembrance , regret and undy- ing hope . Now , bending over him ...
... passed away , for when Helen arrived a few minutes later , pulling up the driveway with a sputter of tires on the ... passing years , to perform its tinkling ritual of remembrance , regret and undy- ing hope . Now , bending over him ...
Page 175
... passed so quickly - he felt when the two of them , Helen and Maudie , passed somehow through a mob of soldiers and sailors and then clambered awkwardly onto the platform of the train , the porter's voice above the babble to Maudie ...
... passed so quickly - he felt when the two of them , Helen and Maudie , passed somehow through a mob of soldiers and sailors and then clambered awkwardly onto the platform of the train , the porter's voice above the babble to Maudie ...
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