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Its own weight imposed a heavy strain , and soon after the tow began we learnt that the cable had broken . Had this cable been hitched to the tow - line or another warp Mischief might have survived . It meant that the little petrol pump ...
Its own weight imposed a heavy strain , and soon after the tow began we learnt that the cable had broken . Had this cable been hitched to the tow - line or another warp Mischief might have survived . It meant that the little petrol pump ...
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As the days passed I began to realise that here was a unique opportunity to observe what goes on behind the scenes in a French kitchen , to spy and eavesdrop on French cuisine , famed throughout the world . The staff consisted of a chef ...
As the days passed I began to realise that here was a unique opportunity to observe what goes on behind the scenes in a French kitchen , to spy and eavesdrop on French cuisine , famed throughout the world . The staff consisted of a chef ...
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But the Patron soon began to bark orders , and we were given knives and pails and lined up like a detachment of the Imperial Guard . So we began to work , each taking a row of vines , severing the fat bunches of grapes and dropping them ...
But the Patron soon began to bark orders , and we were given knives and pails and lined up like a detachment of the Imperial Guard . So we began to work , each taking a row of vines , severing the fat bunches of grapes and dropping them ...
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Contents
SURTSEY THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND | 13 |
NORTH AFRICAN CRUISE | 30 |
IBSENS LAST LOVE | 39 |
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