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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:42 am
    @@@@@Once or twice there was no way at all to
    @@@@@Once or twice there was no way at all to carry Wilson through, and Ridges would lift him off, drape him over his shoulder and lumber forward until the trail widenedGoldstein would follow with the stretcher
    At the point where the trail reached the river they took a long breakIt came about through no decision on their part; they had halted to rest for a moment, and the minute passed, stretched out to half an hourToward the end, Wilson became restless and began to thrash about on the litterThey crawled over to him, attempted to quiet his movements, but he seemed absorbed in something and waved his big arms, cuffing them feverishly
    "Rest a little," Goldstein said
    "They're gonna kill me," Wilson wailed
    "No one's gonna touch ya Ridges tried to restrain his arms but Wilson wrestled freeSweat laved his forehead again"Oh, man," he whimperedHe made an effort to slide off the litter but they forced him backHis legs kept twitching, and every few seconds he would begin to sit up and then groan, fall back again"Baawoowwwwwm," he mumbled, imitating the sound of a mortar, his arms protecting his head"Oh, here they come, here they come"Sonofabitch what the fug 'm Ah doin' here?"
    The memory frightened them allThey sat quiet beside him, averting each other's facesFor the first time since they had re-entered the jungle it seemed malign
    "Quiet down, Wilson," Ridges told him"You'll be gettin' the Japs on us
    "Ah'm gonna die," Wilson mumbledHe started up, almost reached a sitting position, and then fell backWhen he looked at them again his eyes were clear but very weakAfter a moment or two he spoke
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:43 am
    @@@@@He seldom spoke, she almost never talked to
    @@@@@He seldom spoke, she almost never talked to him, he was simply
    there-solid, quiet, unchanging and strongHead of the householdIn
    her mind Uncle Daniel was The O 'Hara
    Kathleen sent Scarlett home before dark fell"You've your baby to
    tend, and there's nothing more to do here
    On Saturday everything was much the samePeople came to pay
    their
    respects in a steady stream all dayScarlett fixed pot after pot of
    tea, sliced the cakes people brought, buttered bread for sandwiches
    On Sunday she sat with her uncle while Kathleen and the O'Hara men
    went
    to MassWhen they returned she went to Ballyhara
    The O 'Hara must celebrate Easter in the Ballyhara churchShe
    thought
    Father Flynn would never finish hissermon, thought she'd never get
    away
    from the townspeople, all of whom asked about her uncle and
    expressed
    their hopes for hisrecoveryEven after forty days of stringent
    fasting-there was no dispensation for O'Haras of Ballyhara-Scarlett had
    no appetite for the big Easter dinner"Take it to your uncle's
    house," suggested Mrs"There are big men there still
    getting the farm work doneThey'll need food, and poor Kathleen that
    busy with Old Daniel Scarlett hugged and kissed Cat before she
    left
    Cat patted her little hands on her mother's tear-stained cheeks
    "What a thoughtful Kitty CatThank you, my preciousMomma will
    be
    better soon, then we'll play and sing in the bathAnd then we'll go
    for a wonderful ride on the big ship Scarlett despised herself for
    having the thought, but she hoped they wouldn't miss the Brian Botu
    That afternoon Daniel rallied a littleHe recognized people and spoke
    their na
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:43 am
    @@@@@Would you want it any other way?” “The
    @@@@@Would you want it any other
    way?”
    “The majority –”
    “My house, my rules,” Jeb interrupted harshly“No more discussion on thisNo
    more execution attemptsYou three spread the word–this is how it works from now on
    “Anotherone?” Ian muttered under his breath“If, unlikely as it may be, somehow this ever happens again, whoever the body
    belongs to makes the call Jeb poked the barrel of the gun toward Kyle, then jerked it a few
    inches toward the hall behind himI don't want to see you anywhere around
    this place againYou let everyone know that this corridor is off-limitsNo one's got any reason
    for being here except Jared, and if I catch someone skulking around, I'm asking questions
    second He jabbed the gun at Kyle again
    I was amazed that the three assassins immediately stalked back up the hallway, not even
    pausing to give me or Jeb a parting grimace
    I deeply wanted to believe that the gun in Jeb's hands was a bluff
    From the first time I'd seen him, Jeb had shown every outward appearance of kindnessHe had
    not touched me once in violence; he had not even looked at me with recognizable hostility
    Now it seemed that he was one of only two people here who meant me no harmJared might
    have fought to keep me alive, but it was plain that he was intensely conflicted about that
    decisionI sensed that he could change his mind at any timeFrom his expression, it was clear
    that part of him wanted this over with–especially now that Jeb had put the decision on his
    shouldersWhile I made this analysis, Jared glowered at me with disgust in every line of his
    expression
    However, as much as I wanted to believe that Jeb was bluffing, while I watched the three men
    disappear into the darkness away from me, it was obvious there was no way he could beUnder
    the front he presented, Jeb must have been just as deadly and cruel as the rest of themIf he
    hadn't used that gun in the past–used it to kill, not just to threaten–no one would have obeyed
    him this way
    Desperate times,Melanie whisperede can't afford to be kind in the world you've crea
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:42 am
    @@@@@His eyes roll in their sockets, and they
    @@@@@His eyes roll in their
    sockets, and they are like the eyes of a dead carp
    in the moonlight
    He pushes Adriana away so he can grapple with the
    harpy that has attacked him, the harpy with the
    cold, repelling fire on its arm
    Adie wails No, Nanny, stop, you're hurting him!
    Adie flounders forward to pull Melda off, or at
    least separate them, and that's the moment when
    John Eastlake, standing shin-deep in the Gulf,
    1040
    fires the harpoon pistolThe triple-bladed bit
    takes his oldest daughter high in the throat, and
    she stands bolt-upright, with two inches of steel
    poking out in front of her and four more jutting
    out behind, just below the base of her skull
    John Eastlake shrieks Adie, no! Adie, I DIDN'T
    MEAN TO!
    Adie turns toward the sound of her father's voice
    and actually begins to walk toward him, and that
    is all Nan Melda has time to seeAdie's dead
    husband is trying to tear itself free of her grip,
    but she doesn't want to let it go; she wants to
    end its terrible half-life and perhaps by doing so
    warn off the two baby-horrors before they can get
    too closeAnd she thinks (so far as she can think)
    that she can do that, because she has seen a
    smoldering scorch-mark on the thing's pale, wet
    cheek and understands that her bracelet has made
    it
    The thing reaches for her, its wrinkled mouth
    yawning in what might be either fear or fury
    Behind her, John Eastlake is screaming his
    daughter's name, over and over
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    Melda snarls You done this! and when the Emerything
    seizes her, she lets it
    You and the bitch been runnin you, she would add,
    but its white hands close on her throat as they
    closed on poor Adie's, and she can only gurgle
    Her left arm is free, however, the one with the
    bracelets on it, and that arm feels very powerful
    She draws it back and swings it forward in a great
    arc, connecting with the right side of the Emerything's
    head
    The result is spectacularThe creature's skull
    caves in under the blow, as if a little immersion
    had turned that hard cage to candyBut it's still
    hard, all right; one of the shards that comes
    poking through the mat of Emery's hair slashes her
    forearm deep, and blood goes pattering down into
    the water that surges around them
    Two shadows pass her, one on her left, one on her
    right
    Lo-Lo cries Daddy! in her new silver voice
    Tessie cries Daddy, help us!
    The Emery-thing is trying to get away from Melda
    now, floundering and splashing, wanting no more to
    do with herMelda jabs the thumb of her powerful
    1042
    left hand in its right eye, feeling something cold,
    like toad-guts under a rock, come squishing out
    Then she whirls around, staggering, as the rip
    tries to pull her feet from under her
    She reaches out with her left hand and seizes Lo-
    Lo by the scruff of her neck and pulls her
    backward"You ain't!" she grunts, and Lo-Lo comes
    flailing with a cry of surprise and agonyand
    no cry like that ever came from no little girl's
    throat, Melda knows
    John howls Melda, stop it!
    He's kneeling in the last thin run of the surf
    with Adie before
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:42 am
    @@@@@I do not know what to doThis acting scheme
    @@@@@I do not know what to doThis
    acting scheme gets worse and worse, you seeThey have chosen
    almost as bad a play as they could, and now, to complete the business,
    are going to ask the help of a young man very slightly known
    to any of usThis is the end of all the privacy and propriety which
    was talked about at firstI know no harm of Charles Maddox; but
    the excessive intimacy which must spring from his being admitted
    among us in this manner is highly objectionable, the more than
    intimacy—the familiarityI cannot think of it with any patience;
    and it does appear to me an evil of such magnitude as must, if possible,
    be preventedDo not you see it in the same light?”
    “Yes; but what can be done? Your brother is so determined
    “There is but one thing to be done, FannyI must take Anhalt
    myselfI am well aware that nothing else will quiet Tom
    Fanny could not answer him
    “It is not at all what I like,” he continued“No man can like being
    driven into the appearance of such inconsistencyAfter being known
    to oppose the scheme from the beginning, there is absurdity in the
    face of my joining them now, when they are exceeding their first
    plan in every respect; but I can think of no other alternativeCan
    you, Fanny?”
    “No,” said Fanny slowly, “not immediately, but—
    “But what? I see your judgment is not with meThink it a little
    overPerhaps you are not so much aware as I am of the mischief that
    may, of the unpleasantness that must arise from a young man’s being
    received in this manner: domesticated among us; authorised to come
    at all hours, and placed suddenly on a footing which must do away all
    restraintsTo think only of the licence which every rehearsal must
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    tend to createIt is all very bad! Put yourself in Miss Crawford’s place,
    FannyConsider what it would be to act Amelia with a strangerShe
    has a right to be felt for, because she evidently feels for herselfI heard
    enough of what she said to you last night to understand her unwillingness
    to be acting with a stranger; and as she probably engaged in
    the part with different expectations—perhaps without considering
    the subject enough to know what was likely to be—it would be ungenerous,
    it would be really wrong to expose her to itHer feelings
    ought to be respectedDoes it not strike you so, Fanny? You hesitate
    “I am sorry for Miss Crawford; but I am more sorry to see you
    drawn in to do what you had resolved against, and what you are
    known to think will be disagreeable to my uncle
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:42 am
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    collection of killers and misfits who roamed the jungles of Southeast Asia directed by Command
    Saigon, the original death squads who brought Saigon more intelligence input than all the searchand-
    destroys put togetherJason Bourne had come out of Medusa with David Webb only a
    memory—a scholar who had another wife, other children, all slaughtered
    General Norman Swayne had been an elite member of Command Saigon, the sole supplier of the
    old MedusaAnd now there was a new Medusa: different, massive, evil incarnate cloaked in
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    assassin would find the principals irresistible as clients, and both camps would demand the death of
    Jason BourneThat had to happen! And for it to happen, Bourne had to learn the secrets concealed
    within the grounds belonging to General Swayne, head of all procurements for the Pentagon, a
    panicked man with a small tattoo on his inner forearm
    Without sound or warning, a black Doberman crashed through the dense foliage, its frenzy in
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    9
    1
    The cacophony spun out of control as the crowds swelled through the amusement park in the
    countryside on the outskirts of BaltimoreThe summer night was hot, and nearly everywhere faces
    and necks were drenched with sweat, except for those screaming as they plunged over the crests of
    a roller coaster, or shrieking as they plummeted down the narrow, twisting gullies of racing water
    in torpedo sledsThe garishly colored, manically blinking lights along the midway were joined by
    the grating Cartier Watches Tortue sounds of emphatic music metallically erupting out of an excess of loudspeakers—
    calliopes presto, marches prestissimoPitchmen yelled above the din, nasally hawking their wares
    in monotonic harangues while erratic explosions in the sky lit up the darkness, sending sprays of
    myriad fireworks cascading over a small adjacent black lakeRoman candles bright, arcing bursts
    of fire blinding
    A row of Hit-the-Gong machines drew contorted faces and thick necks bulging with veins as
    men sought furiously and frequently in frustration to prove their manhood, crashing heavy wooden
    mallets down on the deceitful planks that too often refused to send the little red balls up to the bells
    Across the way, others shrieked with menacing enthusiasm as they crashed daytona rolex their Dodge ’Em carts
    into the whirling, surrounding vehicles, each collision a triumph of superior aggression, each
    combatant a momentary movie star who overcomes all odds against himCorral
    at 9:27 in the evening in a conflict that meant nothing
    Farther along was a minor monument to sudden death, a shooting gallery that bore little
    resemblance to the innocent minimum-caliber variety found in state fairs and rural carnivals
    Instead, it was a microcosm of the most lethal equipment of modern weaponryThere were
    mocked-up versions of MAC-10 and Uzi machine pistols, steel-framed missile launchers and
    antitank bazookas, and, finally, a frightening replica of a flamethrower spewing out harsh, straight
    beams of light through billowing clouds of dark pasha cartier sm
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:43 am
    @@@@@Each was surrounded by smiling
    @@@@@Each was surrounded by smiling people
    enjoying themselvesThis was the best part of being The O'Hara
    They
    had all worked, each in his or her own way, and now they were all
    together, the whole population of the town, to celebrate the results of
    that workThere was food and drink, sweets and a small carousel for
    children, a wooden platform for dancing later in front of the
    unfinished innThe air was golden with afternoon light, the wheat ú
    golden on the table, a golden feeling of happiness bathed in shared
    repletionIt was exactly what Harvest Home was meant to beThe
    sound
    of horses coming made mothers look for - younger childrenScarlett's
    heart stopped for a moment when she couldn't find CatThen she saw
    her sitting on Colum's knee at the end of the tableHe was talking to
    the man beside himCat was nodding as if she understood every
    wordWhat a funny little girl her daughter wasA group
    of militia rode into the end of the streetThree men, three officers,
    their polished brass buttons more golden than the wheatThey slowed
    their horses to a walk, and the noise around the tables died away
    Some of the men rose to their feet"At least the soldiers have the
    decency not to gallop past, stirring up dust," said Scarlett to Father
    FlynnBut when the men reined in before the deserted church she fell
    silent, too
    "Which way to the Big House?" said one of the officers"I'm here to
    talk to the owner"I am the owner," she said
    She was amazed that her suddenly dry mouth could make any sound
    at
    all
    The officer looked at her tumbled hair and bright peasant clothes
    His lips curled in a sneer"Very amusing, girl, but we're not here to
    play game
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:42 am
    @@@@@ I was confused when, finally, some light
    @@@@@
    I was confused when, finally, some light appeared ahead of meHad we taken a different route?
    This was not the white brilliance of the biggest cavernIt was muted, pale and silveryBut the
    narrow crevice we'd had to pass through seemed the same It wasn't until I was inside the
    giant, echoing space that I realized what caused the difference
    It was nighttime; the light that shone dimly from above mimicked the light of the moon rather
    than the sunI used the less-blinding illumination to examine the ceiling, trying to ferret out its
    secretHigh, so very high above me, a hundred tiny moons shone their diluted light toward the
    dim, distant floorThe little moons were scattered in patternless clusters, some farther away
    than othersEven though I could look directly at the light now, I still didn't
    understand it
    “C'mon,” Jared ordered angrily from several paces ahead
    I flinched and hurried to followI was sorry I'd let my attention wanderI could see how much
    it irritated him to have to speak to me
    I didn't expect the help of a flashlight when we reached the room with the rivers, and I didn't
    receive itIt was dimly lit now, too, like the big cave, but with only twenty-odd miniature
    moons hereJared clenched his jaw and stared at the ceiling while I walked hesitantly into the
    room with the inky poolI guessed that if I stumbled into the fierce underground hot spring and
    disappeared, Jared would probably see it as a kind intervention of fate
    I think he would be sad,Melanie disagreed as I edged my way around the black bathing room,
    hugging the wallHe might be reminded of the pain of losing you the first time, but he would be happy
    ifIdisappeared
    Because he doesn't know you,Melanie whispered, and then faded away as if she were suddenly
    exhausted
    I stood frozen where I was, surprisedI wasn't sure, but it felt as though Melanie had just given
    me a compliment
    “Move it,” Jared barked from the other room
    I hurried as fast as the darkness and my fear would allo
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:42 am
    @@@@@ "Little slag, little horrock, we're working
    @@@@@
    "Little slag, little horrock, we're working it
    out
    "What?"
    "Snag! Little snag, little hold-up! You fucking
    deaf, Wearman?"
    Was the flashlight sleeve tilting? I feared it was
    Water could be running over my hand and I might
    now be too numb to feel itBut if the sleeve
    wasn't tilting and I tried to correct, I'd make
    matters worse
    If water's running out, her head will be above the
    surface again in a matter of secondsAnd then
    it'll be all overYou know that, right?
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    I knewI sat in the dark with my arm up, afraid
    to do anythingTime had
    been cancelled and memory was a ghost
    "Here it is," Jack said at last"It's caught in
    someone's ribs
    "Thank God," I said I could see
    him in front of me, a dim shape with one knee
    between my awkwardly bent legs, planted in the
    litter of disarranged bones that had once been
    part of John Eastlake's eldest daughterI held
    the flashlight sleeve outGently
    does it, because I can't hold it straight much
    longer
    "Luckily," he said, "I have two hands And he put
    one of his over mine, steadying the water-filled
    flashlight as he began screwing the cap back on
    He paused only once, to ask me why I was crying
    When it was done, I took the capped flashlight
    from himIt wasn't as heavy as when it had been
    filled with D-cells, but I didn't care about that
    What I cared about was making sure that the lid
    was screwed down tightI told
    1083
    Jack to have Wireman check it again when he got
    back up
    "And try not to break any more rungsI'm going to
    need them all
    "You get past the broken one, Edgar, and we'll
    haul you the rest of the
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:42 am
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    And without attempting any farther remonstrance, she left Fanny
    to her fate, a fate which, had not Fanny’s heart been guarded in a
    way unsuspected by Miss Crawford, might have been a little harder
    than she deserved; for although there doubtless are such unconquerable
    young ladies of eighteen (or one should not read about
    them) as are never to be persuaded into love against their judgment
    by all that talent, manner, attention, and flattery can do, I have no
    inclination to believe Fanny one of them, or to think that with so
    much tenderness of disposition, and so much taste as belonged to
    her, she could have escaped heart-whole from the courtship (though
    the courtship only of a fortnight) of such a man as Crawford, in
    spite of there being some previous ill opinion of him to be overcome,
    had not her affection been engaged elsewhereWith all the
    security which love of another and disesteem of him could give to
    the peace of mind he was attacking, his continued attentions—continued,
    but not obtrusive, and adapting themselves more and more
    to the gentleness and delicacy of her character—obliged her very soon
    to dislike him less than formerlyShe had by no means forgotten the
    past, and she thought as ill of him as ever; but she felt his powers: he
    was entertaining; and his manners were so improved, so polite, so
    seriously and blamelessly polite, that it was impossible not to be civil
    to him in return
    A very few days were enough to effect this; and at the end of those
    few days, circumstances arose which had a vintage hermes tendency rather to forward
    his views of pleasing her, inasmuch as they gave her a degree of
    happiness which must dispose her to be pleased with everybody
    William, her brother, the so long absent and dearly loved brother,
    was in England againShe had a letter from him herself, a few hurried
    happy lines, written as the ship came up Channel, and sent
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    into Portsmouth with the first boat that left the Antwerp at anchor
    in Spithead; and when Crawford walked up with the newspaper in
    his hand, which he had hoped would bring the first tidings, he found
    her trembling with joy over this letter, and listening with a glowing,
    grateful countenance to the kind invitation which her uncle was
    most collectedly dictating in reply
    It was but the day before that Crawford had made himself thoroughly
    master of the subject, or had in fact become at all aware of
    her having such a brother, or his being in such a ship, but the interest
    then excited had been very properly lively, determining him on
    his return to town to apply for information as to the probable period
    of the Antwerp’s return from the Mediterranean, etc and the
    good luck which attended his early examination of ship news the
    next morning seemed the reward of his ingenuity in finding out
    such a method of pleasing her, as well as of his dutiful attention to
    the Admiral, in having for many years taken in the paper esteemed
    to have the earliest naval intelligenceHe proved, however, to be too
    lateAll those fine first feelings, of which he had hoped to be chloe bag the
    exciter, were already givenBut his intention, the kindness of his
    intention, was thankfully acknowledged: quite thankfully and
    warmly, for she was elevated beyond the common timidity of her
    mind by the flow of her love for William
    This dear William would soon be amongst themThere could be
    no doubt of his obtaining leave of absence immediately, for he was
    still only a midshipman; and as his parents, from living on the spot,
    must already have seen him, and be seeing him perhaps daily, his
    direct holidays might with justice be instantly given to the sister,
    who had been his best correspondent through a period of seven
    years, and the uncle who had done most for his support and advancement;
    and accordingly the reply to her reply, fixing a very early
    day for his arrival, came as soon as possible; and scarcely ten days
    had passed since Fanny had been in the agitation of her first dinnervisit,
    when she found herself in an agitation of a higher nature,
    watching in the hall, in the lobby, on the stairs, for the first sound of
    the carriage which was to bring her a brother
    It came happily while she was thus waiting; and there being neither
    ceremony nor fearfulness to delay the moment of meeting, she was
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    with him as he entered the house, and the first minutes of exquisite
    feeling had no interruption and no witnesses, unless the servants chiefly
    intent upon opening the proper doors could be called suchThis was
    exactly what Sir Thomas and Edmund had been separately conniving
    at, as each proved to the replica prada other by the sympathetic alacrity with which
    they both advised MrsNorris’s continuing where she was, instead of
    rushing out into the hall as soon as the noises of the arrival reached
    them
    William and Fanny soon shewed themselves; and Sir Thomas had
    the pleasure of receiving, in his protege, certainly a very different
    person from the one he had equipped seven years ago, but a young
    man of an open, pleasant countenance, and frank, unstudied, but
    feeling and respectful manners, and such as confirmed him his friend
    It was long before Fanny could recover from the agitating happiness
    of such an hour as was formed by the last thirty minutes of
    expectation, and the first of fruition; it was some time even before
    her happiness could be said to make her happy, before the disappointment
    inseparable from the alteration of person had vanished,
    and she could see in him the same William as before, and talk to
    him, as her heart had been yearning to do through many a past year
    That time, however, did gradually come, forwarded by an affection
    on his side as warm as her own, and much less encumbered by refinement
    or self-distrustShe was the first object of his love, but it
    was a love which his stronger spirits, and bolder temper, made it as
    natural for him to express as to feelOn the morrow they were walking
    about together with true enjoyment, and every succeeding morrow
    renewed a tete-a-tete which Sir Thomas could not but observe
    with complacency, even before Edmund had pointed it out to him
    Excepting the moments of peculiar gucci mens watch delight, which any marked or
    unlooked-for instance of Edmund’s consideration of her in the last
    few months had excited, Fanny had never known so much felicity
    in her life, as in this unchecked, equal, fearless intercourse with the
    brother and friend who was opening all his heart to her, telling her
    all his hopes and fears, plans, and solicitudes respecting that long
    thought of, dearly earned, and justly valued blessing of promotion;
    who could give her direct and minute information of the father and
    mother, brothers and sisters, of whom she very seldom heard; who
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    was interested in all the comforts and all the little hardships of her
    home at Mansfield; ready to think of every member of that home as
    she directed, or differing only by a less scrupulous opinion, and
    more noisy abuse of their aunt Norris, and with whom (perhaps the
    dearest indulgence of the whole) all the evil and good of their earliest
    years could be gone over again, and every former united pain
    and pleasure retraced with the fondest recollectionAn advantage
    this, a strengthener of love, in which even the conjugal tie is beneath
    the fraternalChildren of the same family, the same blood,
    with the same first associations and habits, have some means of
    enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connexions can
    supply; and it must be by a long and unnatural estrangement, by a
    divorce which no subsequent connexion can justify, if such precious
    remains of the earliest attachments are ever entirely outlivedToo
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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    He replaced the watch in its pocketBoth of them had taken quite a
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