Apples by Night: StoriesJonathan Cape, 1932 - 314 pages |
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Page 194
... thought : " There's a case for you ! That kid won't need a father for her children . . . she'll imagine ' em so well that they'll come to life with their insurance cards already stamped and a handful of references ! ' Lily could not ...
... thought : " There's a case for you ! That kid won't need a father for her children . . . she'll imagine ' em so well that they'll come to life with their insurance cards already stamped and a handful of references ! ' Lily could not ...
Page 277
... thought I should regret the bargain : ' Well , so long . . . . ' A half - salute and wink at the coffin and he was gone . * For almost a week the coffin tormented me . I moved it from place to place , but its shape pre- vented it from ...
... thought I should regret the bargain : ' Well , so long . . . . ' A half - salute and wink at the coffin and he was gone . * For almost a week the coffin tormented me . I moved it from place to place , but its shape pre- vented it from ...
Page 278
... thought I was mad or a sinner touched by conscience . I tried to put the coffin into a market sale , but the auctioneer swore it would ruin the sale and himself too . I thought , in extremity , of offering it to the parson - he'd surely ...
... thought I was mad or a sinner touched by conscience . I tried to put the coffin into a market sale , but the auctioneer swore it would ruin the sale and himself too . I thought , in extremity , of offering it to the parson - he'd surely ...
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