The Bells of St. John'sDoubleday, Page, 1920 - 57 pages |
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... , those first months . It's enough to come back from France with both eyes gone , and have to face just plain , every - day living , without having the girl you thought cared go back on you like that 3 The Bells of St. John's ...
... , those first months . It's enough to come back from France with both eyes gone , and have to face just plain , every - day living , without having the girl you thought cared go back on you like that 3 The Bells of St. John's ...
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... it at him now . She looked perfectly great , sitting there , with the firelight on her rather dark face - I wished he could see her . She sat looking into 556 the fire , not at him . Of course 13 The Bells of St. John's.
... it at him now . She looked perfectly great , sitting there , with the firelight on her rather dark face - I wished he could see her . She sat looking into 556 the fire , not at him . Of course 13 The Bells of St. John's.
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... face , dark shadows round his eyes , unhappiness just written all over him . As Bim looked at him Miles seemed to be all taken up with listening - as a blind man is - forgetting how he looks himself- forgetting to keep a grip on his own ...
... face , dark shadows round his eyes , unhappiness just written all over him . As Bim looked at him Miles seemed to be all taken up with listening - as a blind man is - forgetting how he looks himself- forgetting to keep a grip on his own ...
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... face . He wasn't wearing his uniform with the cross on the collar of the tunic , but he might as well have been , and I knew in a minute , by the roar of greeting that went up , who he was . You see , with two or three excep- tions ...
... face . He wasn't wearing his uniform with the cross on the collar of the tunic , but he might as well have been , and I knew in a minute , by the roar of greeting that went up , who he was . You see , with two or three excep- tions ...
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... face just glow- ing with interest as they answered his questions - which extended clear to their respective futures . Miles was the only one he didn't fire any ques- tions at , but we could see Miles lis- tening to every word , and we ...
... face just glow- ing with interest as they answered his questions - which extended clear to their respective futures . Miles was the only one he didn't fire any ques- tions at , but we could see Miles lis- tening to every word , and we ...
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Page 54 - He felt his way over to the window and stood there, as if he were looking out at the snow and the gray sea beyond.