Down Among the Dead Men1961 |
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... past nine on a summer night , when the last red - gold blaze of sunset is just disappearing behind the hills , and the moon is already up , touching the mud flats with a cold , silver gleam . On the black water , barely broken by the ...
... past nine on a summer night , when the last red - gold blaze of sunset is just disappearing behind the hills , and the moon is already up , touching the mud flats with a cold , silver gleam . On the black water , barely broken by the ...
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... past four , Mr. Street's body - and the capsized dinghy - would have floated up- stream . Half past four , dead water . Then , about five , they'd start drifting down again . That's what the dinghy was doing when Mr. Benson spotted it ...
... past four , Mr. Street's body - and the capsized dinghy - would have floated up- stream . Half past four , dead water . Then , about five , they'd start drifting down again . That's what the dinghy was doing when Mr. Benson spotted it ...
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... past three . " " You didn't by any chance come back and drop anchor earlier ? Say about half past twelve ? " " Of course not . " " You didn't row ashore then , and find the Hall deserted , except for- " No. " 99 " You could have ...
... past three . " " You didn't by any chance come back and drop anchor earlier ? Say about half past twelve ? " " Of course not . " " You didn't row ashore then , and find the Hall deserted , except for- " No. " 99 " You could have ...
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