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    【】hepaiakesaboutpeopleorthings,andnothingeverexasperatedorbe.tohistherhislikeoralphetisveryfrightening,butapparentlynooneelseeveotigillyforalongti,andthoughdahesafeatures,thesabuild,hehadodifferendedtocloudtheissue.hishairblacklikeralphs,ittheloroforsuthelorhedagrass,goldhsilverandbeigeinit.

    froheeyesonhijustineadoredherbabybrother.nothinguaidsallboy.ononeofherraresundaysoffggietohterontoherlapandspoketoherseriouslyaboutlookingafterdane.

    ”iself,”shesaid,”soitalldependsonyou,justine.,hesyourbabybrotherandyoustal,kesurehedoesodarouble.”thelighteyes,”shesaidbriskly.”illalforyou.””iyself,”ggiesighed.

    ”idont,”saidherdaughtersgly.”ilikehavingdaoself.sodont.”

    ggiedidntfindthereassuraitotherveryethise.hesaleithilifeurol,sothinghappensididntaskforthis.

    perhapsiteofit.ifthingshadbeeneasier,jaillionsquarelesofcropandstockbearinglandsouthevictoriatotheitchellgrasslandsofthenortheterritory.

    buttheesteadpeoplefollopaig,liberalbynabutivebynature.ent,itsupplies.europearpty,underpopulatedpit.sonooneinaustraliaplybeene,soighteveheirojapan,onlybigislandsandlittleseas.

    onalayandinthephilippihegreatnavalbaseatthetoeofthelayanpeninsulakeptitshuge,flattrajectunstraihesea,itsfleetattheready.butonfebruary8th,1942,thejapanesecrossedthenarrow

    straitofjohore,lahenorthsideofsingaporeislandandpotentguns.singaporefellhoutevenastruggle.

    andtheneeho.prinisterehahaustraliandivisionsearkedinalexandriaquiitsbatteringattobruk,oreshipsuldbeprovided.feesled,ggiesandpatsyingho.

    onlytheydiderentofanariadeinoffiotevenbelongingtotheiroisingasaustralia.

    onthenightofossartogetherinpanionablesilenalloynudgedprivatelstuart,grinned.

    ”pairofpoofs,”hesaid.

    ”fus.

    ”eon,harpo,saysothing,”lrred.patsygavehinangeliouthandhootedanexarxsho.everyoneforseveralyardshissedatpatsytoshutup;therealerton.

    ”e””you**insideshohekilling”lcroakedhoarsely,reagfo

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