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... women and children who frequented it could endure the heat within . The chapel , however , had many windows staring out of its iron sides like hollow , un- winking eyes . It was through them that it expelled the heat of crowds under its ...
... women and children who frequented it could endure the heat within . The chapel , however , had many windows staring out of its iron sides like hollow , un- winking eyes . It was through them that it expelled the heat of crowds under its ...
Page 151
... women smoked on for some time , contemplating the young moon as it sank lower in the sky , the gray clouds creeping over it like phantom intruders . " So you are going away tomorrow , " the older woman broke the stillness . " Yes . Just ...
... women smoked on for some time , contemplating the young moon as it sank lower in the sky , the gray clouds creeping over it like phantom intruders . " So you are going away tomorrow , " the older woman broke the stillness . " Yes . Just ...
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... woman now , child , " Simeona said . " In my time , women your age were suckling their second or third child . " " Women had nothing to do then , " argued Corazon . " They did not teach in schools or work in offices , nothing mattered ...
... woman now , child , " Simeona said . " In my time , women your age were suckling their second or third child . " " Women had nothing to do then , " argued Corazon . " They did not teach in schools or work in offices , nothing mattered ...
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