Six Feet of the Country, Volume 1Seven stories of South Africa deal with a missing body, a mysterious Rhodesian visitor, a pass law protest, a white geologist and his Black secretary, and a pair of childhood sweethearts. |
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... door . The clock on the wall a wedding present when she married Pahad - showed three o'clock when she snapped on the light , and she knew at once who it was on the other side of the door . Although she was not surprised , her hands ...
... door . The clock on the wall a wedding present when she married Pahad - showed three o'clock when she snapped on the light , and she knew at once who it was on the other side of the door . Although she was not surprised , her hands ...
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... door on her face and drove the key home in the lock , then dropped it among coins in his trouser pocket . He unslotted the chain that was looped across the flat door . He turned the serrated knob of the Yale lock . The three policemen ...
... door on her face and drove the key home in the lock , then dropped it among coins in his trouser pocket . He unslotted the chain that was looped across the flat door . He turned the serrated knob of the Yale lock . The three policemen ...
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... door and watched without seeing an old crone who had lost her mind , talking to herself , talking to the fowls who ignored her . She thought she heard small grunts from the hut , the kind of infant grunt that indicates a full stomach ...
... door and watched without seeing an old crone who had lost her mind , talking to herself , talking to the fowls who ignored her . She thought she heard small grunts from the hut , the kind of infant grunt that indicates a full stomach ...
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Contents | 7 |
Good Climate Friendly Inhabitants | 21 |
A Chip of Glass Ruby | 36 |
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