The air bit into your lungs because it was filled with poisonous gas escaping from the refineries. That sting… — B. Traven
The air bit into your lungs because it was filled with poisonous gas escaping from the refineries. That sting in the air which made breathing so hard and unpleasant and choked your throat constantly meant that people were making money–much money.
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