I did not like the colonel at all. He had eyes like razors...the eyes of a machine. An educated machine... I realised he was drinking less than we were...And that he was playing with me. That he was a realist... Also that Anton was careless with his tongue... (John Fowles)

I did not like the colonel at all. He had eyes like razors...the eyes of a machine. An educated machine... I realised he was drinking less than we were...And that he was playing with me. That he was a realist... Also that Anton was careless with his tongue...

John Fowles

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