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Trenton got up and made for the bathroom. On the way he paused to put a record on the gramophone. He loved music first thing in the morning and his good friend Fred Astaire was a particular favourite. As he stepped into the bath, he began to sing along. ‘Da da da da da da…I’m putting’ on my top hat, tying up my white tie, brushing’ off my tails.
”
― Death of an Officer
― Death of an Officer
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McGuire started to rub the soap across himself, amazed at the change in his own skin colour as the filth of years of poverty floated off him.
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― No Road to Khartoum
― No Road to Khartoum
