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Page 152
I could picture the morrow's scene , led by the village priest in his most gorgeous robes of office , the entire Christian population behind him in procession with empty vodka bottles to fill with the newly blessed water .
I could picture the morrow's scene , led by the village priest in his most gorgeous robes of office , the entire Christian population behind him in procession with empty vodka bottles to fill with the newly blessed water .
Page 158
For Ambiga , who knew the men - folk and their ways , the ordinary sounds of their nearness had no terrors ; it was only when the old hunter who owned the sole gun in the village stood the watch , and sent a spirt of fire and the report ...
For Ambiga , who knew the men - folk and their ways , the ordinary sounds of their nearness had no terrors ; it was only when the old hunter who owned the sole gun in the village stood the watch , and sent a spirt of fire and the report ...
Page 173
In the village and on the hill were historic and prehistoric remains to visit : " I have visited a beautiful ruin called Eagle Castle and was delighted - I have Cater Thun and was astonished , " he writes to the Yet not to trace whose ...
In the village and on the hill were historic and prehistoric remains to visit : " I have visited a beautiful ruin called Eagle Castle and was delighted - I have Cater Thun and was astonished , " he writes to the Yet not to trace whose ...
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