Occasion for Loving: A NovelThe tensions created among a group of white citizens of Johannesburg when a young wife indulges in a forbidden affair with an African rebel. |
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... colour of a lake . When the dancing began , though she said to Clem and Elisabeth , who were giggling and scuffling , " Sit up straight and look , " she herself was not gathered to attention . A portly African in a white coat and ...
... colour of a lake . When the dancing began , though she said to Clem and Elisabeth , who were giggling and scuffling , " Sit up straight and look , " she herself was not gathered to attention . A portly African in a white coat and ...
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... colour but a gaze , intense , gathering , glancing . A long bluff of beige cloud turned smoky mauve , like a distant ... coloured sky began to thin and blur as if she saw it through breath upon a window - pane . Vapourization perfectly ...
... colour but a gaze , intense , gathering , glancing . A long bluff of beige cloud turned smoky mauve , like a distant ... coloured sky began to thin and blur as if she saw it through breath upon a window - pane . Vapourization perfectly ...
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... colour of people and how you mustn't hurt their feelings , and how it didn't matter at all what colour you were , you were just the same- like people having blond hair or dark hair . " Don't boss me , " said Elisabeth , confidently ...
... colour of people and how you mustn't hurt their feelings , and how it didn't matter at all what colour you were , you were just the same- like people having blond hair or dark hair . " Don't boss me , " said Elisabeth , confidently ...
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