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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:38 am
    @@@@@ He would lie back, his mouth open, his
    @@@@@ He would lie back, his mouth open, his breath stirring in the arid cave of his throat like steam vibrating out of the spout of a kettle"Aw, men, take it easy, sonofabitch, men, take it easy
    "We're doin' what we can," Brown would croak
    "You men are actin' pretty piss-poorWilson ain't gonna forget
    And they would labor for another hundred yards, set him down, and gaze stupidly at each other
    Wilson's wound was throbbing painfullyThe muscles in his stomach were sore and exhausted from fighting against the pain, and a dry fever had settled in his bodyUnder the sun all his limbs had become leaden and aching, his chest and throat congested, completely dryEach jolt of the stretcher shocked him like a blowHe felt the exhaustion of having fought against a man much bigger, much stronger than himself for many hoursHe teetered often on the edge of unconsciousness, but always he would be jarred back into his pain by a sudden wrench of the litterIt brought him close to weepingFor minutes at a time he would lie stiff on the stretcher waiting for the next jolt, his teeth clenched in preparationAnd when it came, the blow would travel through all the slumbering agonies of his wound, rasping his inflamed nervesThe pain would seem motivated by the litter-bearers and he hated them with the same rage that a man feels for a moment at a piece of furniture when he has barked his leg against it"You sonofabitch, Brown Brown shambled forward, almost reeling, his fingers slowly separating on the litter handleWhen he would feel the stretcher about to rip out of his hand, he would shout, "Drop him," and kneel beside Wilson trying to regain his breath, massaging one hand with the numb fingers of the other"Take it easy, Wilson, we're doin' what we can," he would gasp
    "You sonofabitch, Brown, you been shakin' me on purpose
    Brown wanted to cry or to strike him across the faceThe jungle sores on his feet had come open and were bleeding inside his shoes, smarting unbearably whenever he halted and became conscious of themHe did not want to go on, but he could see the other litter-bearers staring at him"Come on, men," he mutte
    2:24 am
    @@@@@ I should regret that, Major Cummings I
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    I should regret that, Major Cummings
    I should regret it myself
    Sallevoisseux twists in the chair, stares out the high narrow window at the cobblestones in the street belowThe horns of the French automobiles sound high-pitched to CummingsFor example -- I will give the assurances, the documents, the introductions afterward -- for example, I have friends in Les Cagoulards who can influence certain firms, not Chemical, by virtue of some tasks they have performed for them in the pastThese firms in turn could if necessary control the decision of a bloc of seventy-five deputies I know you prefer it does not come to a vote, but no man may control that for youI can free the vote of any uncertaintyMany of these deputies can influence members of the MinistryThese politics are complicated
    There are several Radical Socialists high-placed in the Foreign Department whom I may influenceI know from a service that there is information to be bought about themThere are journalists by the dozen, several men in the Bank of France whose dossiers intimes I possessA block of Socialists is controlled by a labor leader with whom I have an understandingThese routes, all indirect, mount up, create a necessary dispersionYou must realize I am not working aloneI can assure you that nothing will be done for eighteen months; beyond that history is involved, and no man may divert it indefinitely
    They talk for several hours, work out the first terms of the agreement
    As he leaves, Cummings smilesWhat we're doing is really in the long run what is best for France and America
    Sallevoisseux smiles alsoOf course, Major CummingsA peculiarly American statement, do you know?
    You'll show me the dossiers you possess at handTomorrow, is that right?
    D'accord!

    A month later, his part in the assignment completed, Cummings moves down to RomeA telegram reaches him from his brother-in-
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:38 am
    @@@@@ "Ach, that's a shameWell, I'm as Irish as
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    "Ach, that's a shameWell, I'm as Irish as God makes themFill a
    pipe for me, then The tiny cottage was quiet except for the sound of
    her grandmother's soft sucking pulls on the stem of her pipeScarlett
    put her feet up on a stool and closed her eyesThe peacefulness was
    balmWhen she heard shouting outside, she was furiousCouldn't
    she
    have a half hour's quiet? She hurried as best she could into the
    farmyard, ready to scream at whoever was making the racketWhat
    she
    saw was so terrifying that she forgot her anger, the pain in her back,
    the agony in her feet, everything except her fearThere were soldiers
    in Daniel's farmyard, and constables, and an officer on a curvetting
    horse with a naked saber in his handThe ALExANDRA RIPLEY soldiers
    were setting up a tripod of tree trunksShe hobbled across to join
    Kathleen, who was weeping in the doorway
    "Here's another one of them," said one of the soldiers
    These miserable Irish breed like rabbitsWhy don't they learn to wear
    shoes instead?"
    "You don't need shoes in bed," another said, "or under a bush The
    Englishman laughedThe constables looked down at the ground
    "You!"
    Scarlett called loudlyWhat are you and those
    common creatures doing at this farm?"
    "Are you addressing me, girl?" The officer looked down his long
    nose
    She lifted her chin and stared at him with cold green eyes"I am not
    a girl, sir, and you are not a gentleman, even if you pretend to be an
    officer His mouth dropped openNow his nose is hardly noticeable
    at
    allI guess that's because fish don't have noses, and he looks like a
    landed fishThe hot joy of combat filled her with en
    2:24 am
    @@@@@Scarlett nodded rapidly, emphasizing the
    @@@@@Scarlett nodded rapidly, emphasizing the impact of the
    revelation"From Boston," she said slowly, giving each word full
    weight"And I figure you can't get much more Yankeefied than that
    Some big fertilizer outfit opened an office down here, and he's the
    manager She settled back more comfortably in her chair, ready for
    a long stayWhen the morning was spent she marvelled at the time
    and
    rushed to the hall to get her wrap"I shouldn't have stayed so long,
    I promised Miss Eleanor I'd be home for dinner
    She rolled her eyes upwardMarshall won't be
    calling
    Yankees don't have sense enough to know when they're not welcome
    Scarlett kissed Pauline and Eulalie goodbye at the front door"Thank
    you," she said simply"You come right back and have dinner with us
    if
    that Yankee's there," Eulalie giggled"Yes, you do that," said
    Pauline"And do try if you can to come with us to Savannah for
    Father's birthday partyWe're taking the train on the fifteenth,
    after Mass
    "Thank you, Aunt Pauline, but I couldn't possibly manage ItWe've
    already accepted invitations for every single day and night of the
    Season
    "But my dear, the Season will be over by thenThe Saint Cecilia's on
    Friday the thirteenthI think that's unlucky myself, but nobody else
    seems to care
    Pauline's words were blurred in Scarlett's earsHow could the Season
    be so short? She'd thought there was lots of time left to get Rhett
    back"We'll see," she said hurriedly, "I've got to go now Scarlett
    was surprised to find Rhett's mother at home alon
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:39 am
    @@@@@ The cashier, a white-haired man with a
    @@@@@
    The cashier, a white-haired man with a ready smile, scanned the bar codes
    “Doing some hiking?” he asked pleasantly
    “The mountain is very beautiful
    “The trailhead is just up that –” he said, starting to gesture
    “I'll find it,” I promised quickly, pulling the heavy, badly balanced load back off the counter
    “Head down before it gets dark, sweetieYou don't want to get lost
    Melanie was thinking sulfurous thoughts about the kind old manHe's sincerely concerned about my welfare,I reminded her
    You're all very creepy,she told me acidlyidn't anyone ever tell you not to talk to strangers?
    I felt a deep tug of guilt as I answeredhere areno strangers among my kind
    I can't get used to not paying for things,she said, changing the subjecthat's the point of
    scanning them?
    Inventory, of courseIs he supposed to remember everything we took when he needs to order
    more? Besides, what's the point of money when everyone is perfectly honest?I paused, feeling
    the guilt again so strongly that it was an actual painveryone but me, of course
    Melanie shied away from my feelings, worried by the depth of them, worried that I might
    change my mindInstead she focused on her raging desire to be away from here, to be moving
    toward her objectiveHer anxiety leaked through to me, and I walked faster
    I carried the stack to the car and set it on the ground beside the passenger door
    “Let me help you with that
    I jerked up to see the other man from the store, a plastic bag in his hand, standing beside me
    “Ah… thank you,” I finally managed, my pulse thudding behind my ears
    We waited, Melanie tensed as if to run, while he lifted our acquisitions into the car
    There's nothing to f
    2:26 am
    @@@@@The movement caused Jason to turn
    @@@@@The movement caused Jason to turn toward
    the Soviet“My second commissar was not talkative on this occasion, MrHaste and
    orders took precedent
    “What do you mean?”
    “We must leave immediately Krupkin glanced at the bedroom to the left and raised his voice
    “Aleksei, come out here! Quickly! I tried to tell him that you’d just this second arrived,”
    continued the KGB man, turning back to Jason, “but he was having none of itLeven went so far as
    to say that one of you was already taking a shower, and his only comment was ‘Tell him to get out
    and get dressed ” Conklin limped through the bedroom door, his shirt unbuttoned and blotting his
    wet face with a towel“Sorry, Aleksei, we must go
    “Go where? We just got here
    “We’ve appropriated a flat on the Sadovaya—that’s Moscow’s ‘Grand Boulevard,’ Mr
    It’s not the Champs-Elysées, but neither is it inconsequentialThe czars knew how to build
    “What’s over there?” pressed Conklin
    “Commissar number one,” replied Krupkin“We’ll be using it as our, shall we say, our
    headquartersA smaller and rather delightful annex of Dzerzhinsky Square—only nobody knows
    about it but the five of usSomething’s come up and we’re to go there immediately
    “That’s good enough for me,” said Jason, putting his drink down on the copper dry bar
    “Finish it,” said Alex, rushing awkwardly back into the bedroom“I’ve got to get the soap out of
    my eyes and restrap my lousy boot
    Bourne picked up the glass, his eyes straying to the Soviet field officer who looked after
    Conklin, his brow lined, his expression curiously sad“You knew him before he lost his foot, didn’t
    you?” asked Jason quietlyWe go back twenty-five, twenty-six years
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:38 am
    @@@@@ Wireman went to the window and looked
    @@@@@ Wireman went to the window and
    looked out"Drawbridge is still up - I can see
    the western leaf against the sky from here
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    I was not to be diverted so easily"Why not?"
    "Miss Eastlake advised against it," he said, still
    not turning from the window"She said the
    environment was badGroundwater, flora, even the
    airShe said the Army Air Corps did testing off
    the south end of Duma during World War II and
    managed to poison that end of the island, which is
    probably why the foliage grows so rank in most
    placesShe said the poison oak is maybe the worst
    in America - worse than syphilis before penicillin
    is how she put itTakes years to get rid of, if
    you rub up against itLooks like it's gone, then
    it comes back
    This was mildly interesting, but Wireman still
    hadn't actually answered my question
    "She also claimed there are snakes," he said,
    finally turning around"I have a horror of snakes
    Have ever since I was a little boy and woke up one
    morning on a camping trip with my folks to
    discover I was sharing my sleeping bag with a
    milkieIt had actually worked its way into my
    undershirtIt sprayed me with muskI thought I
    was fucking poisonedAre you satisfied?"
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    "Yes," I said"Did you tell her that story before
    or after she told you about the snake infestation
    on the south end?"
    Stiffly, he said: "I don't rememberI see what you're saying
    - she wanted to keep me away
    I didn't say it, you did, I thoughtWhat I said
    was, "It's mostly Jack I'm worried aboutBut it's
    better to be safe
    "Me?" Jack looked startled"I don't have anything
    against snak
    2:24 am
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    interiors: spare rooms where the light is both
    558
    sane and strange, as if coming from two directions
    at the same chanel ceramic watch timeI closed my mouth again
    "I can't tell you just what to say," Wireman said,
    "but I can give you something like this He held
    up the brochure/invitation"I can give you a
    template
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    I was sitting on the couch in the Florida roomMy
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    simultaneously hope it will go through the first
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    I got Option One; omega de ville Pam answered on the first ring
    All I could hope was this conversation would go
    better than the last oneThan the last couple, in
    fact
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    "Pam, it's Edgar
    "Hello, Edgar," she said cautiously"How are
    you?"
    "I'mI've been talking with my
    friend WiremanHe showed me the louis vuitton tote invitation the
    two of you worked up The two of you worked up
    That sounded unfriendlyBut
    what other way was there to put it?
    "Yes?" Her voice was impossible to read
    I drew in a breath and jumpedGod hates a coward,
    Wireman says"I called to say
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:38 am
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    place as Sotherton Court deserves everything that taste and money
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    fiftieth part of the size of Sotherton, I should be gucci backpack always planting
    and improving, for naturally I am excessively fond of itIt would be
    too ridiculous for me to attempt anything where I am now, with my
    little half acreIt would be quite a burlesqueBut if I had more
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    We did a vast deal in that way at the Parsonage: we made it
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    young ones do not remember much about it, perhaps; fendi sale but if dear
    Sir Thomas were here, he could tell you what improvements we
    made: and a great deal more would have been done, but for poor
    MrNorris’s sad state of healthHe could hardly ever get out, poor
    47
    Jane Austen
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    things that Sir Thomas and I used to talk ofIf it had not been
    for that, we should have carried on the garden wall, and made the
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    We were always doing something as it wasIt was only the spring
    twelvemonth before MrNorris’s death that we put in the apricot
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    getting to such perfection, sir,” addressing herself then to Dr
    “The tree thrives well, beyond a doubt, madam,” replied Dr
    “The soil is good; and I never pass it without regretting that the
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    I stared at Sunny and Kyle for a moment, stunned, and then finished the circle
    Ian was watching me with a strange combination of joy and nervousnessHis face was higher
    than it should have been, Jimmy choo bigger than it used to beBut his eyes were still the blue I
    rememberedThe anchor that held me to this planet
    “You okay in there?” he asked
    “I… I don't know,” I admitted“This feels very… weirdEvery bit as weird as switching
    speciesSo much weirder than I would have thought
    My heart fluttered again, looking into mulberry bag those eyes, and this was no memory of another lifetime's
    loveMy mouth felt dry, and my stomach quiveredThe place where his arm touched my back
    felt more alive than the rest of my body
    “You don't mind staying heretoo much, do you, Wanda? Do you think that maybe you could
    tolerate it?” he murmured
    Jamie birkin hermes squeezed my handMelanie put hers on top of his, then smiled when Jared added his to
    the pileGeoffrey, Heath, Heidi, Andy, Paige, Brandt, and even Lily were
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    smile of a coconspirator
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:38 am
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    The ledge narrowed to nine inchesCroft kept peering ahead in the mist, trying to determine if it would become widerThis was the first place on the mountain that demanded some skillUntil now it has been essentially a very high hill, but here he wished for a rope or a mountain pickHe continued along it, his kelly hermes arms and legs spread-eagled, hugging the rock, his fingers searching for crevices to latch upon
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    "Just wait there," Croft said, "I'm gonna see if the ledge widens out He traveled along it for fifty feet, and discovered it was becoming broader againThis gave him a deep sense of relief, for otherwise it would have meant turning back to find another routeAnd he no longer knew if he could rouse the platoon to go up spy bag fendi again
    He leaned over the gap and took his pack from MartinezThe distance was short enough for their hands to touchThen he took Martinez's pack and moved a few yards farther away"Okay, men," he called, "let's start coming overThe air's a helluva sight better on this side
    There was a nervous snicker"Liften, Croft," he heard Red say, "is that fuggin ledge any wider?"
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    2:24 am
    @@@@@ He climbed down, and talked to Croft and
    @@@@@
    He climbed down, and talked to Croft and the Lieutenant"We follow this one," he said, pointing to one of the tributaries, "maybe two-three hundred yard, then we cut trailNo river in the hill right there He pointed toward the open country he had seenThe information had not surprised him
    The platoon began marching againThe stream Martinez had chosen was very narrow, and the jungle closed over it almost completelyAfter a hundred yards they were forced to slough through the water on their hands and knees, ducking their heads to avoid the leaves and brambles that drooped into the streamIt became shortly no wider than a footpath and began shredding into many tiny runs of water which seeped from the rocks of the forestBefore they had gone a quarter of a mile, Croft decided to cut trailThe stream took a bend back toward the ocean, and it would be worthless to follow it any longer
    "I'm gonna divide up the platoon for cutting trail," he told Hearn, "but I'm gonna leave us out of it, 'cause we'll have enough to doHe had no idea of what was customary on something like this, and he was too fatigued to care much"Anything you say, Sergeant Afterward he was a little worriedWhen you were with Croft, it was too easy to let him handle all the decisions
    Croft took a sight with his compass in the direction he wanted to travel, and found a tree, in the brush about fifty yards away, which would be a good targetHe gathered the platoon around him, and divided them into three teams of four"We're gonna cut trail," he told them"To start you can aim about ten yards to the left of that treeEach team is gonna work about five minutes, and then get spelled tenThey ain't any reason why we gotta be all day doin' this, so let's not be fuggin-offYou can take ten before you start, and then, Brown, you begin it with your men
    They had to slash a route through a quarter mile of dense brush, through vines and bushes and bamboo groves, around trees, and into the thickest bramblesIt was slow, tedious w
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
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    "See, Katie Scarlett hasn't forgotten what you told her, that the land
    of County Meath is the best in the world, better even than the land of
    Georgia, of TaraI'll do my best to tend it, Pa, and love it the way
    you taught meIt's O'Hara soil, and it's ours again The age-old
    progression of plowing and harrowing, planting and praying had a
    simple, hard-working dignity that won Scarlett's louis vuitton travel admiration and
    respect
    for all who lived by the landShe had felt it when she lived in
    Daniel's cottage and she felt it now for the farmers at BallyharaFor
    herself as well, because she was, in her own way, one of themShe
    hadn't the strength to drive the plow, but she could provide itAnd
    the horses to pull itAnd the seed to plant in the furrows it made
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    HouseThere was another cradle for Cat by her desk, identical to the
    one in her bedroom, and she could rock it with her foot while she
    worked on her record books and her accountsThe disputes that Mrs
    Fitzpatrick had been so gloomy about turned out to be simple matters
    to
    settleEspecially if you were The O 'Hara, and your word was law
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    now
    she had only to speak quietly, and there was no argumentShe
    enjoyed
    the first Sunday of the month very muchShe even began to realize
    that other people occasionally had an opinion worth listening toThe
    farmers really did know more about farming than she did, and she
    could
    learn from themThree hundred acres of Ballyhara
    land
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    half the usual rent for the land they leased from her
    Scarlett understood sharecropping; it was the way things were done in
    the SouthBeing an estate landlord was still new to herShe was
    determined to be the best landlord in all Ireland"The farmers learn
    from me, too," she told Cat"They'd never even heard of fertilizing
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    2:26 am
    @@@@@He bent one arm around Scarlett's neck and
    @@@@@He bent one arm around Scarlett's neck and held her
    heavy head in his hand while he swam expertly through a breaking
    wave
    and used its power to carry them into the shallowsA thin rain was
    falling, blown almost horizontal by the gusting windRhett cradled
    Scarlett's limp form to his chest and huddled over it, kneeling in the
    white frothing edge of the water
    A comber rose far behind him and raced toward the beachIt began
    to
    curl over on itself, then the foam-streaked gray water crashed, surged
    toward land, and the rolling, roiling forces in it struck Rhett's back
    and roared across his sheltering bodyWhen the wave had passed
    over
    and spent itself, he rose unsteadily to his feet and stumbled forward
    onto the beach, clasping Scarlett to himHis bare feet and legs were
    cut in a hundred places by the fragments of shell that the breaker had
    thrown against him, but he was uncaring
    He ran clumsily through the deep clinging sand to an opening in the
    line of immense sand dunes and climbed a short way into a bowl-like
    area sheltered from the windsThere he gently placed Scarlett's body
    on the soft sandHis voice broke as he called Scarlett's name over
    and over again while he tried to bring life into her chilled whiteness
    by rubbing every part of her with his two handsHer snarled,
    glistening black hair was spilled around her head and shoulders and
    her
    black eyebrows and lashes were shocking streaks across her colorless
    wet faceRhett slapped her cheeks softly and urgently with the backs
    of his fingersWhen her eyes opened their color looked as strong as
    emeraldsRhett shouted in primitive triumphScarlett's fingers half
    closed around the shifting solidity of the rain-hardened sandAnd she began to cry in gasping sobsRhett put one arm
    under her shoulders and lifted her into the protection of his bent
    crouching bodyWith his free hand he touched her hair, her cheeks,
    mouth, chinI thought I'd lost youI thought
    I'd killed you
    I thought- Oh, Scarlett, you're aliveDon't cry, my dearest, it's all
    overEverything-" He kissed her
    forehead, her throat, her cheeksScarlett's pale skin warmed with
    color, and she turned her head to meet his kissed with her ownAnd
    there was no cold, no rain, no weakness-only the burning of Rhett's
    lips on her lips, on her body, the heat of his h
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:38 am
    @@@@@ “Look,” Uncle Jeb said after a moment“I,
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    “Look,” Uncle Jeb said after a moment“I, uh, have something to take care ofYou rest for a
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    We didn't hear the meaning in his words, just the soundsOur eyes stayed closedHis footsteps
    crunched quietly away from usWe couldn't tell which direction he wentWe didn't care
    anywayThere was no way to find them, no hopeJared and Jamie had disappeared,
    something they knew well how to do, and we would never see them again
    The water and the cooler night air were making us lucid, something we did not wantWe rolled
    over, to bury our face against the sand againWe were so tired, past the point of exhaustion and
    into some deeper, more painful stateSurely we could sleepAll we had to do was not think
    When we woke, it was still night, but dawn was threatening on the eastern horizon–the
    mountains were lined with dull redOur mouth tasted of dust, and at first we were sure that we
    had dreamed Uncle Jeb's appearance
    Our head was clearer this morning, and we noticed quickly the strange shape near our right
    cheek–something that was not a rock or a cactusWe touched it, and it was hard and smooth
    We nudged it, and the delicious sound of sloshing water came from inside
    Uncle Jeb was real, and he'd left us a canteen
    We sat up carefully, surprised when we didn't break in two like a withered stickActually, we
    felt betterThe water must have had time to work its way through some of our bodyThe pain
    was dull, and for the first time in a long while, we felt hungry a
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    I suddenly knew what the present was, and my mouth
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    “It was a hard case, upon my word”; and, “I do think you were
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    help wishing that the news could have been suppressed for just the
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    This, though the thought of the moment, did not end with the
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    good, had likewise such a degree of lively talents and comic
    taste, as were exactly adapted to the novelty of actingThe thought
    returned again and again“Oh for the Ecclesford theatre and scenery
    to try something with Each sister could echo the wish; and
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    yet an untasted pleasure, was quite alive at the idea“I really believe,”
    said he, “I could be fool enough at this moment to undertake
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    an act, a scene; what should prevent us? Not these countenances, I
    am sure,” looking towards the Miss Bertrams; “and for a theatre,
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    “We must have a curtain,” said Tom Bertram; “a few yards of
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    “Oh, quite enough,” cried MrYates, “with only just a side wing
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    amusement among ourselves we should want nothing more
    “I believe we must be satisfied with less,” said Maria“There would
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