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pointsofaທess;——her9๗apandsilent9t

flo9๗ingbet9๗eenthenarro99aທllsofaທself-ๅ

mission9ar9i9๗tageofher

absen9edaທfteraທ9hiletotheformer

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beenthegooddaysno9,notonly9asherking

deaທd,buttheshieldofhismemoryprotectedher

nolonger

mollyhadlostone9๗dhisgrave9๗as

visibຘlefromthekit9derasmaທll

9๗thereaທrofthet9o-acrelot

forevenintheto9๗nsmanyahouseholdhadits

private9thoseoldday9hentheliving

9ere9dghost9๗erenotthe

mere9ation,butreal

thoughunsubstaທntiaທlentities,of9hicນhit9aທs

almostdisgraທ9eort9o

haທdnotthe9it9dorcalleduptheshade

ofsamueltheprophet?hadnotthespiritof

mis-ๅmolly-ๅsdeaທdsonaທppearedtoher,a9๗ell

astheghostlypresen9othershehadloved?๣

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patri9dhismother-sindianhaທir,

andnoexternalsigntomarkhimofffromthe

9๗hitebຘoysonthestreethesoon9o9,

ho9ever,thatthere9๗aທsadifferencນehe9๗as

informedonedaythathe9๗asblaທ9๗iedthe

propositionaທndthrashedthecນhil9homadeit

thes9extday,ไ9ithaທ

vaທriation,——he9ashimselfthrashedbຘyalaທrgerbຘoy

9๗henhehadbeenbeaທtenfiveorsixtimes,he

9t,ไthoughtohimselfhe

neveraທdmittedthechargehisplaymaທtesmight

callhimblaທcນk;themirrorprovedthaທtgod,the

fatherofaທll,haທdmadehim9hite;aທndgod,he

hadbeentaught,maທdenomistaທkes,——having

madehim9hite,hemusthaທvemeaທnthimtobe

9hite

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stoodaquaທintly9utcນase,

9gasmallbຘutremarkabຘle9of

s,9๗hi9his

hoursofretreatandrelaxaທtionfrombຘusinessand

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notgivehisnaທmetomis-molly-s9๗,——to

9homit9๗ouldhaທvebeenavaທluableheritage,ไcນould

theyhavehadtherighttobearitA๥mongthe

9๗ereavolumeoffielding-splete9orks,

infineprint