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Page 12
... took a step forward and this time it came clearly , silencing the whispering leaves and the crickets ' strident drone . ' Lad ! ' It penetrated my senses , staccato and imperious . Then I felt a burning deafness as if hot water had been ...
... took a step forward and this time it came clearly , silencing the whispering leaves and the crickets ' strident drone . ' Lad ! ' It penetrated my senses , staccato and imperious . Then I felt a burning deafness as if hot water had been ...
Page 83
... took the market - place by storm . He sat with the men in their councils , and dazzled the eyes of the young girls and divorced women ; he charmed her , his cousin , the most beautiful of them all . It was the old story of machismo ...
... took the market - place by storm . He sat with the men in their councils , and dazzled the eyes of the young girls and divorced women ; he charmed her , his cousin , the most beautiful of them all . It was the old story of machismo ...
Page 85
... took up more and more of his time , he started to depend on it until he was hooked . He took it all the time - before he slept , in the middle of the night , and even before breakfast on an empty stomach . If she opened her mouth to ...
... took up more and more of his time , he started to depend on it until he was hooked . He took it all the time - before he slept , in the middle of the night , and even before breakfast on an empty stomach . If she opened her mouth to ...
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