The Rock Pool" ... satire of the British upper class, a smug young literary man from Oxford joins an international group of artists and writers on the French Riviera, intending to study them as if they were aquatic organisms in a pool--with unexpected results."--Goodreads |
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Page 28
... Sure . I lived with her . " " Er - when was that ? " " In the spring . " " I don't care . I'm going to marry her . " " Oh , it was quite platonic - Toni's a very platonic little girl . " " I didn't mean that at all ; I simply mean that ...
... Sure . I lived with her . " " Er - when was that ? " " In the spring . " " I don't care . I'm going to marry her . " " Oh , it was quite platonic - Toni's a very platonic little girl . " " I didn't mean that at all ; I simply mean that ...
Page 89
... sure . Maybe I go to Borneo and maybe I stay here . " " What does it depend on ? " " Oo - ah - a - ha ! It depends on this afternoon . " " What are you doing this afternoon ? " " Nothing . I thought I'd walk up to Saint- Pierre ...
... sure . Maybe I go to Borneo and maybe I stay here . " " What does it depend on ? " " Oo - ah - a - ha ! It depends on this afternoon . " " What are you doing this afternoon ? " " Nothing . I thought I'd walk up to Saint- Pierre ...
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... Sure , and what's worse than a happy family , for that's what we were . Mother adored me , father adored me , all my brothers and sisters simply worshipped me . When I got married , my father said to my husband , ' If you hurt one hair ...
... Sure , and what's worse than a happy family , for that's what we were . Mother adored me , father adored me , all my brothers and sisters simply worshipped me . When I got married , my father said to my husband , ' If you hurt one hair ...
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