Downhill is EasierAngus and Robertson Limited, 1945 - 228 pages |
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Page 168
... Wylie looked hard at Peter South . He pulled a bit of stone out of his pocket . " It looks like some of this stuff to me , " he said . " Where did y ' git that ? " Peter asked , sharply , and I expected Wylie to say it was a sample from ...
... Wylie looked hard at Peter South . He pulled a bit of stone out of his pocket . " It looks like some of this stuff to me , " he said . " Where did y ' git that ? " Peter asked , sharply , and I expected Wylie to say it was a sample from ...
Page 170
... Wylie . Wylie ignored that . " Have you got any men down be- low ? " he asked . " This's a bloody goldmine , " South butted in , looking savage . " O ' course there's men down below . Three , ain't there , Alec ? " " Right - ho ! " Wylie ...
... Wylie . Wylie ignored that . " Have you got any men down be- low ? " he asked . " This's a bloody goldmine , " South butted in , looking savage . " O ' course there's men down below . Three , ain't there , Alec ? " " Right - ho ! " Wylie ...
Page 171
... Wylie sat watching him , and South stood watching Wylie . The expression on South's big , cruel face put the wind up me . I'd never taken much notice of Peter's everlasting blather about " something happening to Mr Bloody Wylie " , but ...
... Wylie sat watching him , and South stood watching Wylie . The expression on South's big , cruel face put the wind up me . I'd never taken much notice of Peter's everlasting blather about " something happening to Mr Bloody Wylie " , but ...
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