Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 55
... turned , contrite , looking at Pookie's and Helen's glasses : in his haste he had forgotten . But they were half - full ; Pookie and Helen , talking , hadn't noticed him . He turned again , Dolly winked , smiled- gesture of some secret ...
... turned , contrite , looking at Pookie's and Helen's glasses : in his haste he had forgotten . But they were half - full ; Pookie and Helen , talking , hadn't noticed him . He turned again , Dolly winked , smiled- gesture of some secret ...
Page 276
... turned to the small gray woman clinging to his arm and smelling of Yardley's ; she had the face of an aristocrat and an odd , perpetual smile . It had something to do with her eyes and the way her mouth went up at the corners , and all ...
... turned to the small gray woman clinging to his arm and smelling of Yardley's ; she had the face of an aristocrat and an odd , perpetual smile . It had something to do with her eyes and the way her mouth went up at the corners , and all ...
Page 384
... turned . Sooty buildings towered all around me . I turned again , fac- ing the street : I thought I could see them still , prancing up the ave- nue , a whole flock of them flightless , wingless , borne floating through the aqueous ...
... turned . Sooty buildings towered all around me . I turned again , fac- ing the street : I thought I could see them still , prancing up the ave- nue , a whole flock of them flightless , wingless , borne floating through the aqueous ...
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