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Page 110
... seemed to move their feet only for the purpose of maintaining their balance on the cobbled street - I felt that this was merely another local custom , a traditional mode of welcoming the anniversary of the day of Christ's Nativity . I ...
... seemed to move their feet only for the purpose of maintaining their balance on the cobbled street - I felt that this was merely another local custom , a traditional mode of welcoming the anniversary of the day of Christ's Nativity . I ...
Page 115
... seemed espe- cially dense , we sat down by the roadside and lunched off sandwiches and beer . I cast about - and discovered without much difficulty - a hol- low oak to sit down in . The day was serene ; the thick leafage sheltered us ...
... seemed espe- cially dense , we sat down by the roadside and lunched off sandwiches and beer . I cast about - and discovered without much difficulty - a hol- low oak to sit down in . The day was serene ; the thick leafage sheltered us ...
Page 131
... seemed only rocks and krantzes . I could sense that the other two members of our little party shared this feeling of uneasiness at the thought of our having now climbed out above the pine belt . There was about it a finality that seemed ...
... seemed only rocks and krantzes . I could sense that the other two members of our little party shared this feeling of uneasiness at the thought of our having now climbed out above the pine belt . There was about it a finality that seemed ...
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