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The Crushed Flower and Other Stories

CHAPTER VI
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Haggart whispers in a fit of rage: "Mariet, it would have been better if you had killed me as I killed Philipp.

And now my father is calling me.

Where will be the end of my sorrow, Mariet?
Where the end of the world is.

And where is the end of the world?
Do you want to take my sorrow, Mariet ?" "I do, Haggart." "No, you are a woman." "Why do you torture me, Gart?
What have I done that you should torture me so?
I love you." "You lied." "My tongue lied.

I love you." "A serpent has a double tongue, but ask the serpent what it wants--and it will tell you the truth.


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