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Page 5
... listened to the noises of the station : the feet on the platforms ; the voices , as from some disembodied life ; the clang of engine bells ; the jar and clash and rumble of the trains that came and went , with a creaking and squealing ...
... listened to the noises of the station : the feet on the platforms ; the voices , as from some disembodied life ; the clang of engine bells ; the jar and clash and rumble of the trains that came and went , with a creaking and squealing ...
Page 35
... listened a moment to the complaint the shopman made , with many gestures toward his wares . Then he turned to the passive cap- tive , and Ray heard the click of the handcuffs as they snapped on the wrists of this scholarly - looking man ...
... listened a moment to the complaint the shopman made , with many gestures toward his wares . Then he turned to the passive cap- tive , and Ray heard the click of the handcuffs as they snapped on the wrists of this scholarly - looking man ...
Page 95
... listened with an air of being greatly amused , and even gratified , and Ray thought he had purposely let the old man go on as if he were an author who had already broken the shell . Before he could think of some answer that should at ...
... listened with an air of being greatly amused , and even gratified , and Ray thought he had purposely let the old man go on as if he were an author who had already broken the shell . Before he could think of some answer that should at ...
Page 100
... listened with one ear to them . The other was filled with the soft murmur of women's voices from the further end of the little apartment ; they broke now and then from a steady flow of talk , and rippled into laughter , and then ...
... listened with one ear to them . The other was filled with the soft murmur of women's voices from the further end of the little apartment ; they broke now and then from a steady flow of talk , and rippled into laughter , and then ...
Page 106
... listened restively ; he felt as if he were eaves- dropping ; but he did not know quite how , or when , or whether , after all , to tell her that he had witnessed the whole affair ; he decided that he had better not ; and she went on ...
... listened restively ; he felt as if he were eaves- dropping ; but he did not know quite how , or when , or whether , after all , to tell her that he had witnessed the whole affair ; he decided that he had better not ; and she went on ...
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