A Girl in Winter: A NovelThe story of a fateful winter day in the life of a European woman who has fled to England during WW II. |
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Page 29
... waiting patiently outside butchers ' and fish - shops . Here and there old men , muffled up to their scrawny necks , leaned against walls filling their pipes with stenching tobacco cut and sold in sticky segments . Files of papers hung ...
... waiting patiently outside butchers ' and fish - shops . Here and there old men , muffled up to their scrawny necks , leaned against walls filling their pipes with stenching tobacco cut and sold in sticky segments . Files of papers hung ...
Page 85
... waiting for her to take the lead . " No , " she said . " No , I'll see you later . " And with a brief smile she went . Katherine heard a door close along the passage . When Katherine returned the other three were as she had left them ...
... waiting for her to take the lead . " No , " she said . " No , I'll see you later . " And with a brief smile she went . Katherine heard a door close along the passage . When Katherine returned the other three were as she had left them ...
Page 177
... there were no fires in waiting - rooms . Paper - sellers with the three o'clock edition stood well within the locked entrances of banks . The papers said nothing about the weather , but gave lists of football matches and race- 177 I.
... there were no fires in waiting - rooms . Paper - sellers with the three o'clock edition stood well within the locked entrances of banks . The papers said nothing about the weather , but gave lists of football matches and race- 177 I.
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