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Maezli

CHAPTER VI
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I am going to get that if I have to work for twenty years in the fields till it is paid for." Salo's eyes had become sunny again during this speech.

He looked as if he would not have minded seizing a hoe that very moment.
Rapid steps were now heard approaching, the door was quickly opened, and Miss Remke called out on entering: "The carriage is at the door.

Let us get ready, for I do not want the gentleman to wait.

I am sure you will be so kind as to help me lift Leonore out of bed and to carry her down stairs." Leonore had grown as white as a sheet from fright.
"May I ask if it is my brother's carriage, or--" Mrs.Maxa hesitated a little.
"Yes, certainly," the lady interrupted, while she rapidly pulled some covers and shawls out of a wardrobe.

"Your brother has come himself in order to see that the carriage is well protected.


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