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I knew at this point that if there was anything about which my mother was not sure any longer , it was this bird's happiness , and the measure of our cruelty and guilt in keeping him . My uncle was still shaking his head .
I knew at this point that if there was anything about which my mother was not sure any longer , it was this bird's happiness , and the measure of our cruelty and guilt in keeping him . My uncle was still shaking his head .
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She looked at me affectionately , and as she began to speak I knew — although I could not have explained what I knew—— that she had long needed this aberrant moment to break the inhibition that had bound her ...
She looked at me affectionately , and as she began to speak I knew — although I could not have explained what I knew—— that she had long needed this aberrant moment to break the inhibition that had bound her ...
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I knew then that the strange leaven of my uncle's hopelessness was still working as strongly as ever ; and meeting her eyes I thought I caught some mute appeal that I should deliver her . She looked down again quickly .
I knew then that the strange leaven of my uncle's hopelessness was still working as strongly as ever ; and meeting her eyes I thought I caught some mute appeal that I should deliver her . She looked down again quickly .
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A BENGAL MAGISTRATE IN THE 1860s BY W HARWOOD LONG | 167 |
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