U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel ; Nineteen Nineteen ; The Big Money, Volume 2Houghton Mifflin, 1946 |
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Page 231
... colonel had been angry about it , and angrier yet when Sardinaglia had bet him five lira that he could kiss her and he'd whispered something in her ear and she'd let him and that had made the colonel get purple in the face and he'd told ...
... colonel had been angry about it , and angrier yet when Sardinaglia had bet him five lira that he could kiss her and he'd whispered something in her ear and she'd let him and that had made the colonel get purple in the face and he'd told ...
Page 260
... colonel . They had little dinners and parties and the main difficulty was sorting out ranks and getting hold of people who mixed properly . Fortunately their friends were all officers or correspondents who ranked as officers . Only once ...
... colonel . They had little dinners and parties and the main difficulty was sorting out ranks and getting hold of people who mixed properly . Fortunately their friends were all officers or correspondents who ranked as officers . Only once ...
Page 408
... Colonel Edgecombe and some other officers . After dinner Dick happened to meet the Colonel in the courtyard out back . The Colonel's face was red and his mustache bristled . ' Well , Savage , it's a great day for the race , ' he said ...
... Colonel Edgecombe and some other officers . After dinner Dick happened to meet the Colonel in the courtyard out back . The Colonel's face was red and his mustache bristled . ' Well , Savage , it's a great day for the race , ' he said ...
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