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The Crushed Flower and Other Stories

CHAPTER I
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I saw from the window that he passed by." "You are mistaken; it was some one else." "Who else could that be?
Is it possible to make a mistake, if you have once seen him walk?
No one walks as he does." "Naval officers, Englishmen, walk like that." "No.

Haven't I seen naval officers in the city?
They walk firmly, but openly; even a girl could trust them." "Oh, look out!" Frightened and cautious laughter.
"No, don't laugh.

He walks without looking at the ground; he puts his feet down as if the ground itself must take them cautiously and place them." "But if there's a stone on the road?
We have many stones here." "He does not bend down, nor does he hide his head when a strong wind blows." "Of course not.

Of course not.

He does not hide his head." "Is it true that he is handsome?
Who has seen him at close range ?" "I," says Mariet.
"No, no, don't speak of him; I shall not be able to sleep all night.
Since they settled on that hill, in that accursed castle, I know no rest; I am dying of fear.


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