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McTeague

CHAPTER 5
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Then we close the forceps, and that breaks right through the alveolus--that's the part of the socket in the jaw, you understand." At another moment he told her of his one unsatisfied desire.

"Some day I'm going to have a big gilded tooth outside my window for a sign.

Those big gold teeth are beautiful, beautiful--only they cost so much, I can't afford one just now." "Oh, it's raining," suddenly exclaimed Trina, holding out her palm.
They turned back and reached the station in a drizzle.

The afternoon was closing in dark and rainy.

The tide was coming back, talking and lapping for miles along the mud bank.


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