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 THE RED RUGS OF TARSUS

the British Government. The operator told us. We knew then that it was true.

Back we went, all of us. I did not ask Herbert any more about his interrupted story of the days in Adana. I did not want to hear. He did not want to tell. We found a funny story that had been sent to us for Christmas, and of which we had read only a few chapters. We reread those and the rest of the book, laughing ourselves to sleep to save our sanity.

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