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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 8
2023-12-05That evening Flory told Ko S'la to send for the barber--he was the only barber in the town, an Indian, and he made a living by shaving the Indian ...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 9
2023-12-05During the next fortnight a great deal happened.The feud between U Po Kyin and Dr Veraswami was now in full swing. The whole town was divided into two...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 10
2023-12-05But as a matter of fact, Ko S'la's alarm was premature. After knowing Elizabeth for ten days, Flory was scarcely more intimate with her than o...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 11
2023-12-05Flory and Elizabeth walked down the bazaar road. It was morning, but the air was so hot that to walk in it was like wading through a torrid sea. Strin...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 12
2023-12-05In the sticky, sleepy heat of the living-room, almost dark because of the beaded curtain, U Po Kyin was marching slowly up and down, boasting. From ti...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 13
2023-12-05As Flory came through the gate of the hospital compound four ragged sweepers passed him, carrying some dead coolie, wrapped in sackcloth, to a foot-de...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 14
2023-12-05Like long curved needles threading through embroidery, the two canoes that carried Flory and Elizabeth threaded their way up the creek that led inland...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 15
2023-12-05When Flory arrived at the Club he found the Lackersteens in an unusually morose mood. Mrs Lackersteen was sitting, as usual, in the best place under t...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 16
2023-12-05The vultures in the big pyinkado trees by the cemetery flapped from their dung-whitened branches, steadied themselves on the wing, and climbed by vast...
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Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 17
2023-12-05Flory did not see Elizabeth again until he went down to the Club after dinner. He had not, as he might have done, sought her out and demanded an expla...