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''since I shaII have new Iife
and distraction about me...
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''or, as Geert puts it, 'a precious toy.'
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''Those are probabIy the right words,
but he shouIdn't use them.
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''They're Iike a stab in the heart...
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''and remind me how young I am...
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''and that I'm scarceIy out of the nursery.''
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-Who was she?
-Registrar Rode's widow.
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Strange...
:40:50
l always imagined
registrars' widows to be poor.
:40:54
So they are as a rule.
:40:55
She was an exception.
:40:58
She was altogether a very peculiar woman...
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sickly and weak on her legs.
:41:04
That's why she had a woman servant
strong enough...
:41:08
to protect and carry her
if anything happened.
:41:11
l've seen her.
:41:13
Kind brown eyes
with a frank and honest look.
:41:17
-But a bit simple.
-That's right.
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To shake off her sense
of coIdness and duIIness...
:41:28
she feIt the desire to go for a Ionger waIk.
:41:31
And her doctor had toId her
that exercise in the fresh air...
:41:35
was the best thing for her condition.
:41:46
What is your name?
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Roswitha.
:41:51
That's an uncommon name. lt must be....
:41:55
You're right, ma'am.
:41:57
lt's a Catholic name.
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And l am a Catholic.