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Page 189
At first sight of it , some of the occupants thought it was a submarine . Then , long before the light was anything more than a pale glimmer , there appeared on the horizon westwards what to begin with they took to be a cloudbank .
At first sight of it , some of the occupants thought it was a submarine . Then , long before the light was anything more than a pale glimmer , there appeared on the horizon westwards what to begin with they took to be a cloudbank .
Page 193
Taking the nightly bath , for example , involved abandoning all thought of the elegant dressing - gown and slippers deemed appropriate to a Lodge with eight bedrooms , and substitution of a mackintosh and galoshes .
Taking the nightly bath , for example , involved abandoning all thought of the elegant dressing - gown and slippers deemed appropriate to a Lodge with eight bedrooms , and substitution of a mackintosh and galoshes .
Page 224
I thought of the drums of death and almost shivered in that place at that time . What could the boss - boy tell us ? Seemingly fearful of the echoes of his own voice , he spoke . " Bwana Mkubwa , I was at the shaft at the entrance to ...
I thought of the drums of death and almost shivered in that place at that time . What could the boss - boy tell us ? Seemingly fearful of the echoes of his own voice , he spoke . " Bwana Mkubwa , I was at the shaft at the entrance to ...
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