Apples by Night: StoriesJonathan Cape, 1932 - 314 pages |
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Page 38
... Novice made reply , aware that he will not be happy until his house is in order . But Rich was already into a second fish , and had forgotten him . Wrapping the trout in fern until he should be ready for it , the Novice climbed to the ...
... Novice made reply , aware that he will not be happy until his house is in order . But Rich was already into a second fish , and had forgotten him . Wrapping the trout in fern until he should be ready for it , the Novice climbed to the ...
Page 41
... Novice counted all those in sight , large and small , numbering twenty - seven . An excellent camp for a fisherman , but lonely , begob ! lonely enough . What must it be like in winter with the lakes brimming one into the other , and no ...
... Novice counted all those in sight , large and small , numbering twenty - seven . An excellent camp for a fisherman , but lonely , begob ! lonely enough . What must it be like in winter with the lakes brimming one into the other , and no ...
Page 42
... Novice offered an old crust in all sincerity , but the hen only clucked in derision and flapped her miserable wings , looking like an old dame shaking her dress into a new primness after insult . " To the devil with you , then , to be ...
... Novice offered an old crust in all sincerity , but the hen only clucked in derision and flapped her miserable wings , looking like an old dame shaking her dress into a new primness after insult . " To the devil with you , then , to be ...
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Africus ain't anger apple banana Basset-Money beauty Becket bird black grapes bloody boots bottle bouillabaisse bowler hat bracken bread breath Bridie catkins comfort cottage cows damned daughter dead death door Drusilla duck Duffy empty eyes face father feet fingers fire fish Gecko George girl grey crows Gunmetal hair hands harbourmaster head heard hopped Jocular Judy knew laughed lifted Lily lips looked luck m'lord marriage meadowsweet meself mind miserable mother moved muttered neat never night nodded nose Novice O'Banion once pocket Pomega queer quiet remembering Rich Saint salt Saltpenny scratched Seahouses seemed sighed Simon smell smile snatched spat stared stones stood strange sucking sure sweet talk Tampion tell thanks things thought Tom Maguire tramp tree trout turned twas twisted village waiting wanted watched whistling wind wished woman woodmouse ye'd