There is only one reason I did not go down in flames over the Angers, …

Elizabeth Wein
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There is only one reason I did not go down in flames over the Angers, and that is because I knew I had Julie in the back. Would never have had the presence of mind to put that fire out if I hadn't been trying to save her life. ✨ Elizabeth Wein (2012). Code Name Verity, p.189, Egmont UK
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There is only one reason I did not go down in flames over the Angers, and that is because I knew I had Julie in the back. Would never have had the presence of mind to put that fire out if I hadn't been trying to save her life. ✨ Elizabeth Wein (2012). Code Name Verity, p.189, Egmont UK

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