A Stream at Dalton Pass, and Other StoriesBookmark, 1970 - 288 pages |
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Page 63
... coconut tree by the mountain trail overlooking the town , he would hear the tolling of the bells from the church tower announcing the death of someone , and he would imagine his own funeral procession . There would be no anonymity about ...
... coconut tree by the mountain trail overlooking the town , he would hear the tolling of the bells from the church tower announcing the death of someone , and he would imagine his own funeral procession . There would be no anonymity about ...
Page 127
... coconut midrib dangling from my belt , I came upon an old woman taking a bath in the shade of a catmon tree . A brown tapis was wound around her to three fingers ' width above her thin chest . The bank to her left was a foot - wide ...
... coconut midrib dangling from my belt , I came upon an old woman taking a bath in the shade of a catmon tree . A brown tapis was wound around her to three fingers ' width above her thin chest . The bank to her left was a foot - wide ...
Page 128
... coconut meat whose milk she had squeezed out and with the gogo suds had used on her hair . She exuded a sweet wood fragrance , of gogo bark and the rind of lemons . " Beyond that first bend , " she said pointing , " the water is still ...
... coconut meat whose milk she had squeezed out and with the gogo suds had used on her hair . She exuded a sweet wood fragrance , of gogo bark and the rind of lemons . " Beyond that first bend , " she said pointing , " the water is still ...
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The Grave Diggers | 18 |
Kulisising Harı | 41 |
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