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... knew that if I bought it the hunter probably would go out and kill another , for someone else to buy , but it was a chance I had to take . The cat was already dead , and there was only one way to see that it did not die in vain : Use it ...
... knew that if I bought it the hunter probably would go out and kill another , for someone else to buy , but it was a chance I had to take . The cat was already dead , and there was only one way to see that it did not die in vain : Use it ...
Page 119
... knew from experience that just what constituted hardship could be a matter of interpretation . We knew , too , that there were no foolproof tests of compatibility . Gary Ahlborn , a local biologist in his early thirties , had studied ...
... knew from experience that just what constituted hardship could be a matter of interpretation . We knew , too , that there were no foolproof tests of compatibility . Gary Ahlborn , a local biologist in his early thirties , had studied ...
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... knew there was little chance that I would ever learn the answers to those questions . We emerged from Thondup's house into the bright sunlight and shouldered our packs , ready to go down the notched ladder off the rooftop and onto the ...
... knew there was little chance that I would ever learn the answers to those questions . We emerged from Thondup's house into the bright sunlight and shouldered our packs , ready to go down the notched ladder off the rooftop and onto the ...
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