Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 47
... rose and bring it to me . Careful , don't get stuck on the thorns . " Peyton ran off obediently and in a moment came back with a big red rose , trembling with dew . " Thank you , baby , " he said . There was something mildly debonair ...
... rose and bring it to me . Careful , don't get stuck on the thorns . " Peyton ran off obediently and in a moment came back with a big red rose , trembling with dew . " Thank you , baby , " he said . There was something mildly debonair ...
Page 50
... rose to Helen with a grin : " My love , " he said , " is like a red , red rose , " but Helen , preoccupied , turned her head and blinked at him , with a pale smile replying : " Oh . " She put the rose on the ground . " Thanks . ” She ...
... rose to Helen with a grin : " My love , " he said , " is like a red , red rose , " but Helen , preoccupied , turned her head and blinked at him , with a pale smile replying : " Oh . " She put the rose on the ground . " Thanks . ” She ...
Page 66
... rose up in his chest- and sudden shame , too , shame at the fact that their life together , which had begun , as most marriages do , with such jaunty good humor and confidence , had come to this footlessness , this confusion . " Well ...
... rose up in his chest- and sudden shame , too , shame at the fact that their life together , which had begun , as most marriages do , with such jaunty good humor and confidence , had come to this footlessness , this confusion . " Well ...
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