Black Insights: Significant Literature by Black Americans, 1760 to the Present |
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... girl friend who he thinks might , under police torture , betray his secret . The murder of the white girl is purely accidental accomplished by the pressure of a pillow over her mouth to keep her from telling her blind mother that he ...
... girl friend who he thinks might , under police torture , betray his secret . The murder of the white girl is purely accidental accomplished by the pressure of a pillow over her mouth to keep her from telling her blind mother that he ...
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... girl , Christine . ( Christine turns away laughing ) What's the matter with you ? Christine - Nothing . I just swallowed wrong . Spence - Yeh ! Christine ( Turns to him ) Yeh ! And many more of them right back at you . Who's the lucky girl ...
... girl , Christine . ( Christine turns away laughing ) What's the matter with you ? Christine - Nothing . I just swallowed wrong . Spence - Yeh ! Christine ( Turns to him ) Yeh ! And many more of them right back at you . Who's the lucky girl ...
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... girl on the wall and the guards didn't bother them . Why , I asked the guard the next day , had he singled me out for special treatment ? " Don't you know we have a rule against pasting up pictures on the walls ? " he asked me . " Later ...
... girl on the wall and the guards didn't bother them . Why , I asked the guard the next day , had he singled me out for special treatment ? " Don't you know we have a rule against pasting up pictures on the walls ? " he asked me . " Later ...
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