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Heart of Darkness - Conrad, Joseph ยท 71 words
My first interview with the manager was curious. He did not ask me to sit down after my twenty mile walk that morning. He was commonplace in complexion, in features, in manners, and in voice. He was of middle size and of ordinary build. His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe.
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