I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to m…

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I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2015). Heart of Darkness, p.44, eKitap Projesi
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I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2015). Heart of Darkness, p.44, eKitap Projesi

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