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52 AARON'S ROD "Did you leave the parlour door open?" she asked of Milli- cent, suspiciously. "No," said Millicent from the kitchen. The doctor, with his soft, Oriental tread followed Mrs. Sisson into the parlour. Aaron saw his wife hold up the candle before his portrait and begin to weep. But he knew her. The doctor laid his hand softly on her arm, and left it there, sympathetically. Nor did he remove it when Millicent stole into the room, looking very woe-begone and important. The wife wept silently, and the child joined in. "Yes, I know him," said the doctor. "If he thinks he will be happier when he's gone away, you must be happier too, Mrs. Sisson. That's all. Don't let him triumph over you by making you miserable. You enjoy yourself as well. You're only a " girl But a tear came from his eye, and he blew his nose vigorously on a large white silk handkerchief, and began to polish his pince nez. Then he room. turned, and they all bundled out of the The doctor took his departure. Mrs. Sisson went almost immediately upstairs, and Millicent shortly crept after her. Then Aaron, who had stood motionless as if turned to a pillar of salt, went quietly down the passage and into the living room. His face was very pale, ghastly-looking. He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror over the mantel, as he passed, and felt weak, as if he were really a criminal. But his heart did not relax, nevertheless. So he hurried into the night, down the garden, climbed the fence into the field, and went away across road. the field in the rain, towards the high- He felt sick in every fibre. He almost hated the little handbag he carried, which held his flute and piccolo. It seemed a burden just then a millstone round his neck. He hated the scene he had left- and he hated the hard, inviolable heart that stuck unchanging in his own breast. Coming to the high-road, he saw a tall, luminous tram-car roving along through the rain. The trams ran across country from town to town. He dared not board, because people
"THE PILLAR OF SALT" 53 knew him. So he took a side road, and walked in a detour for two miles. Then he came out on the high-road again and waited for a tram-car. The rain blew on his face. He waited a long time for the last car.
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Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER I THE BLUE BALL THERE was a
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Page 17 and 18: THE BLUE BALL 13 What's this? What'
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Page 35 and 36: CHAPTER III IT is remarkable how ma
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Page 41 and 42: "THE LIGHTED TREE" 37 gently removi
Page 43 and 44: "THE LIGHTED TREE" 39 "Why yes. We
Page 45 and 46: "THE LIGHTED TREE" 41 "Did you want
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Page 97 and 98: A PUNCH IN THE WIND 93 "Well," said
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LOW-WATER MARK 103 They had arrived
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LOW-WATER MARK 105 Aaron lay still,
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LOW-WATER MARK 107 over the desk. T
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"I know it. I feel like it." LOW-WA
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LOW-WATER MARK 1 1 1 nurse, and wro
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LOW-WATER MARK 113 of her heart she
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LOW-WATER MARK 115 small, were not
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LOW-WATER MARK 117 Lilly. "And if y
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CHAPTER X THE WAR AGAIN "ONE is a f
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THE WAR AGAIN 121 in the potatoes w
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THE WAR AGAIN 123 "IVe got a bit of
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THE WAR AGAIN 125 "It's your choice
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THE WAR AGAIN 127 address that will
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THE WAR AGAIN 129 "You mean you wan
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THE WAR AGAIN i3i The taxi was paid
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THE WAR AGAIN 133 As a man at night
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THE WAR AGAIN 135 quiet you know, '
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THE WAR AGAIN 137 was dead. I could
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THE WAR AGAIN 139 "I don't know tha
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THE WAR AGAIN 141 only death-courag
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CHAPTER XI MORE PILLAR OF SALT THE
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MORE PILLAR OF SALT 145 This time h
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MORE PILLAR OF SALT 147 She paused
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MORE PILLAR OF SALT 149 your eyes t
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CHAPTER XII NOVARA HAVING no job fo
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4* NOVARA 153 Therefore he determin
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"Sir William Franks?" said Aaron. "
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NOVARA 157 haven't eaten? No well,
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NOVARA 159 "Oh, the piano. Yours is
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NOVARA 161 see you. Arthur, my boy,
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NOVARA 163 "What, am I to appear in
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NOVARA 165 Sir William stood naivel
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NOVARA i6> hope he won't have to ca
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NOVARA 169 as you call it, to put b
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NOVARA 171 "It happened to me: as b
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NOVARA i?3 look on his attractive f
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NOVARA 175 its pillars of yellow ma
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 177 towers, s
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 179 was a sta
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 181 be looked
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 183 distance
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 185 particula
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 187 and ignom
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 189 near him
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 191 Then sudd
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 193 exposed,
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 195 process i
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 197 Aaron qui
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 199 "Yes almo
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 201 "My dear
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 203 "We shall
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 205 pled and
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WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT 207 And the g
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CHAPTER XIV XX SETTEMBRE AARON was
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XX SETTEMBRE 211 mon life. For the
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XX SETTEMBRE 2i3 loutish youths. Th
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XX SETTEMBRE 215 been a big meeting
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XX SETTEMBRE 217 floor windows, up
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XX SETTEMBRE 219 ordered these to b
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XX SETTEMBRE 221 thought we had set
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XX SETTEMBRE 223 "Quite a musician,
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XX SETTEMBRE 225 swept me away, aft
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XX SETTEMBRE 227 ticism which made
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XX SETTEMBRE 229 "Any time," said A
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A RAILWAY JOURNEY 231 bags, after d
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KJUt-^/ '"""V^'Mr-V A RAILWAY JOURN
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A RAILWAY JOURNEY 235 to-do Italian
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A RAILWAY JOURNEY 237 fective, roun
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A RAILWAY JOURNEY 239 a halt, more
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A RAILWAY JOURNEY 241 the Lungarno.
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A RAILWAY JOURNEY 243 showed him in
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CHAPTER XVI FLORENCE THE very after
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FLORENCE 247 It was November. When
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FLORENCE 249 and rather insignifica
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FLORENCE 251 services. It doesn't d
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FLORENCE 253 "We were talking of so
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FLORENCE 255 Makes a heavy meal on
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FLORENCE 257 very pleasant flat ind
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FLORENCE 259 "Why, how do you mean,
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FLORENCE 261 "Quite!" said Algy. "W
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FLORENCE 265, twelve: and all frien
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FLORENCE 265 "There now. It does th
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FLORENCE 267 a wild sound. To read
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They had put FLORENCE 269 their han
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FLORENCE 2?i cepted the fact. So he
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HIGH UP OVER THE CATHEDRAL SQUARE 2
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CHAPTER XVIII THE MARCHESA So Aaron
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THE MARCHESA 293 "I remember Bottic
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THE MARCHESA 295 to hers, or to her
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THE MARCHESA 297 calls: a pure male
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THE MARCHESA 299 She rose, not answ
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THE MARCHESA 301 wonder-look, still
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THE MARCHESA 303 his face was brigh
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THE MARCHESA 305 "What do you want
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THE MARCHESA 307 ered. Curiously he
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CHAPTER XIX CLEOPATRA, BUT NOT ANTH
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CLEOPATRA, BUT NOT ANTHONY 3ir want
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CLEOPATRA, BUT NOT ANTHONY 313 mout
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CLEOPATRA, BUT NOT ANTHONY 315 abou
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CLEOPATRA, BUT NOT ANTHONY 317 "Yes
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CLEOPATRA, BUT NOT ANTHONY 319 deci
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THE BROKEN ROD 321 mysterious, stea
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THE BROKEN ROD 323 f "It was the so
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THE BROKEN ROD 325 "Besides," said
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THE BROKEN ROD 32? is only stink. W
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THE BROKEN ROD 329 "Yes," said Levi
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THJE BROKEN ROD 331 Tournabuoni Lil
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WORDS 333 lay, in their flower-crow
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WORDS 335 He was awake a long time
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WORDS 337 ing bogs of society: yiel
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WORDS 339 Aaron got himself dressed
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WORDS 341 "Well then, what is be ob
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WORDS 343 and there's no God outsid
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WORDS 345 was more the sound value
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WORDS 347 won't be able to resist.
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