Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 296William Blackwood, 1964 - England |
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Propped up on many pillows , the bed - hangings casting greenish shadows on his chalk - white face , silver hair and long beard , he muttered a few words in the middle of the night , gas low , candle on the table on the landing : 66 ...
Propped up on many pillows , the bed - hangings casting greenish shadows on his chalk - white face , silver hair and long beard , he muttered a few words in the middle of the night , gas low , candle on the table on the landing : 66 ...
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The man's face was the colour of clay , a dull yellow , as though all his life he had breathed only exhaust fumes and factory smoke . The woman's face was the same colour : she wore a thin streak of orange lipstick which made her mouth ...
The man's face was the colour of clay , a dull yellow , as though all his life he had breathed only exhaust fumes and factory smoke . The woman's face was the same colour : she wore a thin streak of orange lipstick which made her mouth ...
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Last , there was Mrs Dimitri's paint which her husband and the Bluebottle were to use to blacken their faces and hands . Mrs Dimitri was sceptical about the Bluebottle's ability to reassemble the plough in complete darkness .
Last , there was Mrs Dimitri's paint which her husband and the Bluebottle were to use to blacken their faces and hands . Mrs Dimitri was sceptical about the Bluebottle's ability to reassemble the plough in complete darkness .
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Contents
A FORMER PROCONSUL BY DENIS CAREY | 96 |
THE HUNTING OF ARIF SAID BY JOHN PEMBROKE | 192 |
BALMORAL INTERLUDE BY MOLLY DICKINS | 288 |
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