Carolina QuotesNilsen looked up slowly. His face was as doubtful as that of a political prisoner who has just been informed that the revolution has made him president.
David Drake Carolinian
Source
Calibration Run (p. 261)
- work
- Men Hunting Things (1988)
- year
- 1988
- locator
- p. 261
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“Nilsen looked up slowly. His face was as doubtful as that of…” David Drake. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-6766A21850. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/6766a21850
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