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doc#137 | he let go of her. He got up slowly, and | she | was already on her feet, and he stood facing |
doc#137 | was quicker. He side-stepped her blow and | she | fell, stumbling against the gelding. She |
doc#137 | at any time before. He had forgotten that | she | was so pretty. But her prettiness was what |
doc#137 | been too many. He watched the girl until | she | had gone into the trees, and waited until |
doc#137 | feeling that the girl meant trouble. If | she | did, he could stand it better in the light |
doc#140 | knew Kodyke was aware of all he said. If | she | sensed any unusual preoccupation on the |
doc#140 | preoccupation on the part of her mother, | she | did not comment upon it. </p><p> After they |
doc#140 | She had offered to walk, but Pamela knew | she | would not feel comfortable about her child |
doc#140 | not feel comfortable about her child until | she | had personally confided her to the care |
doc#140 | a stray thought -- of the type to which | she | was frequently subject these days -- that |
doc#140 | might never see one another again. Then | she | turned the station wagon around and headed |
doc#140 | as her ostensible destination. </p><p> As | she | drove, she thought about her plan. It was |
doc#140 | ostensible destination. </p><p> As she drove, | she | thought about her plan. It was really quite |
doc#140 | pretend too much assurance. That mistake, | she | thought, had cost her dearly these past |
doc#140 | cost her dearly these past few days, and | she | wanted to avoid falling into any more of |
doc#140 | of the car and went into the house. Here, | she | dropped the keys on a small table beside |
doc#140 | material symbol that remained of him. If | she | , Pamela, were being held responsible for |
doc#140 | sacrifice. </p><p> Slowly and thoughtfully, | she | slipped the ornament into the pocket of |
doc#140 | sacred, sacrificial basin. It was there that | she | would have to enact her renunciation, beg |
doc#140 | it was all a vividly conceived dream. But | she | was caught in it, and she faced the terrible |