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Page 54
... father . Did you hear them , my child ? ' ' I heard , Father , ' the boy answered . ' And now swear , ' Manol said , ' swear on your mother's bones and on this knife . ' And Manol drew out the broad knife with which he had dug up the ...
... father . Did you hear them , my child ? ' ' I heard , Father , ' the boy answered . ' And now swear , ' Manol said , ' swear on your mother's bones and on this knife . ' And Manol drew out the broad knife with which he had dug up the ...
Page 162
... Father , I have no mother , and my father welcomes both good and evil as things sent from God . Something weighs upon me , and there is no one to whom I can pour out my soul . Hear me , I beg you , and be as a father and a mother to me ...
... Father , I have no mother , and my father welcomes both good and evil as things sent from God . Something weighs upon me , and there is no one to whom I can pour out my soul . Hear me , I beg you , and be as a father and a mother to me ...
Page 335
... Father ? ' And Vrazhou said , so quietly that I barely heard him : ' I shall sacrifice it amid the ruins . ' Then his son burst into tears , and began to beg : ' Father , Father , don't slaughter it . There is not another goat like it ...
... Father ? ' And Vrazhou said , so quietly that I barely heard him : ' I shall sacrifice it amid the ruins . ' Then his son burst into tears , and began to beg : ' Father , Father , don't slaughter it . There is not another goat like it ...
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