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And then the smoking was a bond between us ; we mellowed as soon as the pipes were lit - pipes for which we had had to wait all day — and as the blue smoke thickened in the room the talk kindled . It would have taken a good deal to put ...
And then the smoking was a bond between us ; we mellowed as soon as the pipes were lit - pipes for which we had had to wait all day — and as the blue smoke thickened in the room the talk kindled . It would have taken a good deal to put ...
Page 170
His pipe well alight , Doddington soon recovered his poise . Usually the talk began to flow pretty freely as soon as we had lit up , but that night we were rather quiet at first ; for the little embarrassments which had accompanied the ...
His pipe well alight , Doddington soon recovered his poise . Usually the talk began to flow pretty freely as soon as we had lit up , but that night we were rather quiet at first ; for the little embarrassments which had accompanied the ...
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Lieutenant Barclay turned out his detachment of the 96th Regiment , consisting of thirty men , as soon as he heard the firing , and they were soon hotly engaged in repelling the detachment of Maoris who had advanced over the ridge to ...
Lieutenant Barclay turned out his detachment of the 96th Regiment , consisting of thirty men , as soon as he heard the firing , and they were soon hotly engaged in repelling the detachment of Maoris who had advanced over the ridge to ...
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