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Page 342
... began to return . The eyes lost their fixed stare , changed from lead grey to blue , started to move and to look round with the wandering , half - blind gaze of the newly - born child . The mouth began to twitch , to tremble ; the sweat ...
... began to return . The eyes lost their fixed stare , changed from lead grey to blue , started to move and to look round with the wandering , half - blind gaze of the newly - born child . The mouth began to twitch , to tremble ; the sweat ...
Page 343
... began to fill out slowly , first with humanity , then with age , and at last with character . His beard , which at first had seemed a parasitic weed , began to acquire an apostolic dignity ; when they struck their last camp , hoping to ...
... began to fill out slowly , first with humanity , then with age , and at last with character . His beard , which at first had seemed a parasitic weed , began to acquire an apostolic dignity ; when they struck their last camp , hoping to ...
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... began to whisper . In the daytime he dug , chopped wood , raked the clearing , worked himself to a standstill , to slump on his bed at sunset like an insensitive body and sink into the unconsciousness of a leaden sleep . He laboured ...
... began to whisper . In the daytime he dug , chopped wood , raked the clearing , worked himself to a standstill , to slump on his bed at sunset like an insensitive body and sink into the unconsciousness of a leaden sleep . He laboured ...
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