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Page 122
... cried forth , " Save a life - save a life - do not kill me . I have money for you --much money- " It was this word " money " which suddenly brought to Wang Lung's mind a piercing clarity . Money ! Aye , and he needed that ! And again it ...
... cried forth , " Save a life - save a life - do not kill me . I have money for you --much money- " It was this word " money " which suddenly brought to Wang Lung's mind a piercing clarity . Money ! Aye , and he needed that ! And again it ...
Page 130
... cried out , very loud and surly , " Be silent ! What child is it who cries for its mother ? I am a loyal member - I killed my own mother , and my brother killed our father , and we know no parents but the cause - ch , brother ? " And ...
... cried out , very loud and surly , " Be silent ! What child is it who cries for its mother ? I am a loyal member - I killed my own mother , and my brother killed our father , and we know no parents but the cause - ch , brother ? " And ...
Page 278
... cried in impatience now , " My father can say noth- ing on this thing . In this day I will not be bound by their old ways . I will choose for myself . " The lady bore this mildly , being by now very well used to all such talk , since Ai ...
... cried in impatience now , " My father can say noth- ing on this thing . In this day I will not be bound by their old ways . I will choose for myself . " The lady bore this mildly , being by now very well used to all such talk , since Ai ...
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