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Lord of the World

CHAPTER V
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Then he saw that he would give them an advantage if he lost his head at all: so he sat down again.
"Certainly not.

I will tell you if you wish to know.

I heard Mrs.
Brand's confession, and gave her absolution." "Oh! yes; and that does it, then?
And what next ?" "She ought to receive Holy Communion, and anointing, if she is in danger of death." Oliver twitched suddenly.
"Christ!" he said softly.
"Oliver!" cried the girl entreatingly.

"Please leave this to me.

It is much better so .-- And then, I suppose, Father Franklin, you want to give those other things to my mother, too ?" "They are not absolutely necessary," said the priest, feeling, he did not know why, that he was somehow playing a losing game.
"Oh! they are not necessary?
But you would like to ?" "I shall do so if possible.


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