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All the same , she put her fingers in her ears but that pushed her hood back and
made her head get cold ; then she rolled over against the cave wall . Finally she
did what she had been doing for the past seventeen nights . She went out into the
...
All the same , she put her fingers in her ears but that pushed her hood back and
made her head get cold ; then she rolled over against the cave wall . Finally she
did what she had been doing for the past seventeen nights . She went out into the
...
Page 110
writing materials , removed his gloves and wrote laboriously on the paper , his
hands shaking a little . He did not seem to be used to writing . “ Now tape it to the
wall , ” said Machine . “ No , the inside wall . Thank you . Thank you for everything
.
writing materials , removed his gloves and wrote laboriously on the paper , his
hands shaking a little . He did not seem to be used to writing . “ Now tape it to the
wall , ” said Machine . “ No , the inside wall . Thank you . Thank you for everything
.
Page 125
She could not see where he had gone for a moment ; then the wind returned - at
their backsand blasted the snow clear for a moment , hurrying it off the rock wall
in sheets and revealing what looked like a well in the rock and a great , flattened
...
She could not see where he had gone for a moment ; then the wind returned - at
their backsand blasted the snow clear for a moment , hurrying it off the rock wall
in sheets and revealing what looked like a well in the rock and a great , flattened
...
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