Apples by Night: StoriesJonathan Cape, 1932 - 314 pages |
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Page 42
... step , finding the path to the camp , holding his fish - weighted net high above the tangled undergrowth . The Novice snatched the pan from under his pilfering fingers just in time , pretending indignation . ' Is that the action of a ...
... step , finding the path to the camp , holding his fish - weighted net high above the tangled undergrowth . The Novice snatched the pan from under his pilfering fingers just in time , pretending indignation . ' Is that the action of a ...
Page 232
... step by step , allowing her time for recovery at the top , straightening her bonnet before emerging into the street . An oily steam was pluming from a well - lighted shop near by . A cheerful shop , well patronised , as it deserved . A ...
... step by step , allowing her time for recovery at the top , straightening her bonnet before emerging into the street . An oily steam was pluming from a well - lighted shop near by . A cheerful shop , well patronised , as it deserved . A ...
Page 247
... step or so , and fired again . Apples bounced all ways . The tree was sadly torn . I danced about Simon , but he took no more heed of me than if I were a fly . The tree might have been an old enemy . From all sides he fired into it ...
... step or so , and fired again . Apples bounced all ways . The tree was sadly torn . I danced about Simon , but he took no more heed of me than if I were a fly . The tree might have been an old enemy . From all sides he fired into it ...
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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