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While she lay in the outer harbour at Cherbourg on the night of 1st January 1949 , threatening weather suddenly erupted over the ship in hurricane violence . After heaving up the port anchor we tried to weigh the starboard one ...
While she lay in the outer harbour at Cherbourg on the night of 1st January 1949 , threatening weather suddenly erupted over the ship in hurricane violence . After heaving up the port anchor we tried to weigh the starboard one ...
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He may die the night ; he may last for a week . But he'll last no longer . ... For three days and three nights David Murray thrashed about in a fever , sinking every now and then into a coma . He kept muttering incoherently ...
He may die the night ; he may last for a week . But he'll last no longer . ... For three days and three nights David Murray thrashed about in a fever , sinking every now and then into a coma . He kept muttering incoherently ...
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There is no twilight in these latitudes and , suddenly , day became night , blue - black and enchanted , with the luminous surf and the Southern Cross as lanterns to guide our feet through the palms to the Ford and Pentaiah .
There is no twilight in these latitudes and , suddenly , day became night , blue - black and enchanted , with the luminous surf and the Southern Cross as lanterns to guide our feet through the palms to the Ford and Pentaiah .
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NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS BY R HUDSON SMITH 113 | 47 |
PRIMA DONNA IN A PLAIN SUIT BY LESLIE GARDINER 154 | 59 |
QUEST FOR A MIRACLE BY VIRGINIA STUART 418 | 142 |
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