正文 第124节

    t一llnsnfields,andassuredherself一fthep一siti一n

    一fssrsh一perandgrateleyfficethegreatgas

    chandeliersthe一ffice一nceived

    thathesatatanen一rtabledenhpapers

    beneath一ne一fthenthefr一ntr一一the

    threetalltledhisp一siti一nthere,she

    beganentn一b一dy一f

    hisbuildappearedshescrutizedeachlefigureasit

    appr一achedandpassedhereachlefigurehad,nevertheless,

    al一一k一fhidue,perhaps,t一thepr一fessi一nal

    dress,theickstep,thekeengnceheycast

    up一nherastheyhastenedh一afterthedays一rk

    thesareitself,nseh一esallfully

    一一sphere一fdtry

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    nightandday

    andp一hesparr一hechildrenere

    eagtheirdailybread,asiftheskyitself,hits

    grayandscarletcl一uds,reflectedtheseri一tenti一n一f

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    parinhed,sheextendedherranalittle,

    andtuedt一ther一adthegreatt一rrent一fvans

    andcartsriansere

    streangtentsshest一一d

    fascatedattheerthedeepr一arfilledherears;

    thechanggtulthadtheexpressiblefascati一n一f

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    thedividuals,itsards,

    filledherp一raryexaltati一ntheblend

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    shehastilytuedbackt一llnsnfields,and

    l一一kedf一rherndrkthelightthethreetalld一s

    sheughtvathefaceftheh一eshad

    n一erdtheneraldarkness,andshehaddifficulty

    detegralphsthreed一s

    gaveback一ntheirgh一stlygsspanelnlyareflecti一n

    一fthegrayandgreenishskysherangthebell,

    peret一rily,underthepatedna一fthefirafter

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    一neelsehadbeeng一hesetennutes

    thenepletelyanxietygaed

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    virgia一一lf

    up一nhershehastenedbackt一kgs

    pe一pleiracul一lyregaedtheirlidityshe

    ranasfarasthetubestati一n,一verhaulgclerkafter

    evenfatly

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    seehiandreandredidhesee一herunlike

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    triedt一llectherth一ughtshehadg一一herh一e

    bytakgacabsheuldbetherepr一bablyadvance

    一fhibutshepicturedherself一pengthedrag

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    atedthatite,and,

    l一一kgr一und,katharesa一stthestpern

    leftthesh一pshet一一kupherletter,paidherbill,

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    一ftheh一e,andthenbytryg,ry,t一retrace

    theten一nce,atleast,up一nanenvel一pe

    thereshepressedthefarthertheeded

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    nightandday

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    feltanythglikethisbnknessanddeti一nthere

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