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Jess

CHAPTER IX
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But now I work and work and work with my foot, and say the words and say the words, and so--the stone comes up and the ends touch now.

Thus it is with Baas Frank.

One day the stone will come up and the ends will touch, and he too will die in blood.

The devil in the Englishwoman said so, and devils cannot lie or speak half the truth only.

And now, look, I rub my foot over the circles and they are gone, and there is only the path again.


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