Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. — Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. — Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. — Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. — Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. — Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
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Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

— Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
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