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Sandra Belloni

CHAPTER XXX
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I believe they're all pigs abroad--the men; and the women--cats! Oh! don't open your eyes--don't speak, pray.

You're certain I must go when the bell rings.

You're waiting for that, you unmanly dog!" "A pig," Mr.Pericles here ventured to remind her, murmuring as one in a dream.
"A peeg!" she retorted mildly, somewhat mollified by her apparent success.

But Mr.Pericles had relapsed into his exasperating composure.
The breath of a deliberate and undeserved peacefulness continued to be drawn in by his nostrils.
At the accustomed warning there was an ostentatious rustle of retiring dresses; whereat Mr.Pericles chose to proclaim himself awake.

The astute fairy-fury immediately stepped before him.
"Now you can't go on pretending sleep.


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