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Page 55
... listened to or upheld than he should have been . Custodian of the nation's dollar reserves and arbiter of the flow of currency , he had been more sinned against than sinning . On his thin shoulders had been piled blame for confusion ...
... listened to or upheld than he should have been . Custodian of the nation's dollar reserves and arbiter of the flow of currency , he had been more sinned against than sinning . On his thin shoulders had been piled blame for confusion ...
Page 141
... listened , making no effort to interrupt . He reshaped and relived the past for the older man . He put together for him the forgotten pieces of a broken dream . For he knew his father believed that a piece of land was a man's defense ...
... listened , making no effort to interrupt . He reshaped and relived the past for the older man . He put together for him the forgotten pieces of a broken dream . For he knew his father believed that a piece of land was a man's defense ...
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... listened silently . " Really , father , " complained Narda after the old man had stopped talking , " You don't expect to teach my husband new tricks . You know your son - in - law . He has pretty well - settled ideas about these things ...
... listened silently . " Really , father , " complained Narda after the old man had stopped talking , " You don't expect to teach my husband new tricks . You know your son - in - law . He has pretty well - settled ideas about these things ...
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