Down Among the Dead Men1961 |
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... sides , while in the centre a folding table was set up for breakfast . Between the bunks and the cockpit , there were , on one side , a small galley containing a double - burner Primus stove , with a plate rack above it and a cupboard ...
... sides , while in the centre a folding table was set up for breakfast . Between the bunks and the cockpit , there were , on one side , a small galley containing a double - burner Primus stove , with a plate rack above it and a cupboard ...
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... side to side with a faint creak- ing noise , and not a soul to be seen . When we got there , we beached the dinghy - the top of the sandbank was still dried out - and then we saw Pete . The incoming tide was gradually washing him up ...
... side to side with a faint creak- ing noise , and not a soul to be seen . When we got there , we beached the dinghy - the top of the sandbank was still dried out - and then we saw Pete . The incoming tide was gradually washing him up ...
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... side of them , laced with spinneys of feathery trees . Small water birds bustled busily among the rushes at the water's edge , and called pipingly to each other . The sun shone hotly . " There they are , " Rosemary said suddenly , and ...
... side of them , laced with spinneys of feathery trees . Small water birds bustled busily among the rushes at the water's edge , and called pipingly to each other . The sun shone hotly . " There they are , " Rosemary said suddenly , and ...
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