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Page 38
... night raids . We did not go into the shelter which had been built in the centre of the square , though we had a look at it . We thought it better to die , if that were to be our fate , in our beds . There was a good deal of noise , but ...
... night raids . We did not go into the shelter which had been built in the centre of the square , though we had a look at it . We thought it better to die , if that were to be our fate , in our beds . There was a good deal of noise , but ...
Page 39
... night to the drone of the German planes flying inland . In the hour or more of silence which followed , it was horrible to know that Lon- don was being bombed and burnt . Then the silence was broken by the drone of the returning planes ...
... night to the drone of the German planes flying inland . In the hour or more of silence which followed , it was horrible to know that Lon- don was being bombed and burnt . Then the silence was broken by the drone of the returning planes ...
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... night . The next time I was in London , I went round to see the ruins of the house which we had lived in for fifteen years . It was a curious and ironic sight , for on the vast conical heap of dust and bricks precisely and meticulously ...
... night . The next time I was in London , I went round to see the ruins of the house which we had lived in for fifteen years . It was a curious and ironic sight , for on the vast conical heap of dust and bricks precisely and meticulously ...
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