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... boots , " said Randall . " I've borrowed my brother's — take a look at them . " He lifted the great boots and held them for Bernard's inspection . The soles were an inch thick and covered with a symmetrical pattern of bold nails - flat ...
... boots , " said Randall . " I've borrowed my brother's — take a look at them . " He lifted the great boots and held them for Bernard's inspection . The soles were an inch thick and covered with a symmetrical pattern of bold nails - flat ...
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... boots - light , gentlemanly , with rubber soles and heels . His grandfather didn't like rubber soles and heels , either . Only thieves and policemen , he had said , two classes of society with much in common , wear rubber on their feet ...
... boots - light , gentlemanly , with rubber soles and heels . His grandfather didn't like rubber soles and heels , either . Only thieves and policemen , he had said , two classes of society with much in common , wear rubber on their feet ...
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... boots in slow , high - stepping strides . He ran on , planting his laughable feet one after the other so heavily ... boot . A thin layer of polished ice , thinner than a postage stamp , had built itself onto the black rubber . He saw ...
... boots in slow , high - stepping strides . He ran on , planting his laughable feet one after the other so heavily ... boot . A thin layer of polished ice , thinner than a postage stamp , had built itself onto the black rubber . He saw ...
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