The Colonel Quotes

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Power Quotes

[…] a pistol on the cushion beside him. (5)

Language and Communication Quotes

On the television was a cop show. It was in English. (7-8)

Warfare Quotes

There were daily papers, pet dogs, a pistol on the cushion beside him. (6)

Foreignness and the Other Quotes

I was in his house. (2)

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