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... mouth was parched with the dust and the sun ; to let his reed - flute lie mute while he searched for a stray- ing kid ; to tell the truth , though it cost him a thrashing ; to leave his black bread untouched on a feast morning , though ...
... mouth was parched with the dust and the sun ; to let his reed - flute lie mute while he searched for a stray- ing kid ; to tell the truth , though it cost him a thrashing ; to leave his black bread untouched on a feast morning , though ...
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... mouth . The other knelt down , and tried to make his light burn better , and laid his hand on the woman's breast to feel for pulse of life . But she was quite dead . He did what he could to call back life , but it was all in vain ; at ...
... mouth . The other knelt down , and tried to make his light burn better , and laid his hand on the woman's breast to feel for pulse of life . But she was quite dead . He did what he could to call back life , but it was all in vain ; at ...
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... mouths water ; rotted and ruined ; fine last year's grain ; the good God is bitter - hard sometimes . Where is the baby I brought you last night , my woman ? " Nita pointed with her charcoal fan ; her coffee was on the point of boiling ...
... mouths water ; rotted and ruined ; fine last year's grain ; the good God is bitter - hard sometimes . Where is the baby I brought you last night , my woman ? " Nita pointed with her charcoal fan ; her coffee was on the point of boiling ...
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... mouth . But nobody else need know . The brat will grow up with the others , and we shall seem kind , that is all . ” " To think of its being Bruno's ! " cried Nita , with a clap of her big brown hands . " Did I not say so , now ? Did I ...
... mouth . But nobody else need know . The brat will grow up with the others , and we shall seem kind , that is all . ” " To think of its being Bruno's ! " cried Nita , with a clap of her big brown hands . " Did I not say so , now ? Did I ...
Side 29
... mouth filled with the fried eggs and oil . The child sobbed on , and felt for his mother's breast , and only had his small soft rosy hands torn with the thorns and pricked with the burrs and briars of the sun - dried hay . CHAPTER V ...
... mouth filled with the fried eggs and oil . The child sobbed on , and felt for his mother's breast , and only had his small soft rosy hands torn with the thorns and pricked with the burrs and briars of the sun - dried hay . CHAPTER V ...
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