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Page 14
... told him the names of the portraits , but nothing of their lives . ' I have forgotten . It is years and years ago . ' It hurt her if he asked , so he wondered instead . Above the bed , on the brocaded headboard , a plain cross hung ...
... told him the names of the portraits , but nothing of their lives . ' I have forgotten . It is years and years ago . ' It hurt her if he asked , so he wondered instead . Above the bed , on the brocaded headboard , a plain cross hung ...
Page 15
... told Don Raoul ? Not the boy : he spoke with his father only formally , hands clasped behind his back and staring at the floor , or stammeringly at dinner , with his uncle present . Thérèse herself would not have mentioned it : she knew ...
... told Don Raoul ? Not the boy : he spoke with his father only formally , hands clasped behind his back and staring at the floor , or stammeringly at dinner , with his uncle present . Thérèse herself would not have mentioned it : she knew ...
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... told him . And he was not under any circumstances to visit El Manantial . ' What is the reason , Tio ? ' For the first time , Tio answered helplessly , ' Because your father says . ' Don Raoul kept a watch on his son . But he did not ...
... told him . And he was not under any circumstances to visit El Manantial . ' What is the reason , Tio ? ' For the first time , Tio answered helplessly , ' Because your father says . ' Don Raoul kept a watch on his son . But he did not ...
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