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... father and mother had woven and twisted together during the whole of the spring for their little ones . XIV . I said to Father Litaud - for such is the name of this venerable old man with an Homeric face and hair , OF SAINT POINT . 11.
... father and mother had woven and twisted together during the whole of the spring for their little ones . XIV . I said to Father Litaud - for such is the name of this venerable old man with an Homeric face and hair , OF SAINT POINT . 11.
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... Father ! " for I main- tain towards him that kind of filial relationship which the child of the house contracts towards the old servants , who are older denizens of the family hearth than himself ; I said to him , " Father ! we must ...
... Father ! " for I main- tain towards him that kind of filial relationship which the child of the house contracts towards the old servants , who are older denizens of the family hearth than himself ; I said to him , " Father ! we must ...
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... Father Litaud took the path towards his farm , with a step that was still elastic and vigorous , to take off his sabots , button his gaiters , and get his iron - pointed stick , which takes hold of the sand of the mountain . I went in ...
... Father Litaud took the path towards his farm , with a step that was still elastic and vigorous , to take off his sabots , button his gaiters , and get his iron - pointed stick , which takes hold of the sand of the mountain . I went in ...
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... Father Litaud cast upon me aside every now and then a look of intelligence , as if to say to me , " Is not the mason like what I described to you ? " Then he would shake his white hair a little , as though he said to himself , “ I doubt ...
... Father Litaud cast upon me aside every now and then a look of intelligence , as if to say to me , " Is not the mason like what I described to you ? " Then he would shake his white hair a little , as though he said to himself , “ I doubt ...
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... Father Litaud , " take him to the quarry , and set him to work . " I went in . Half an hour afterwards , I heard from my window the resounding blows of the pickaxe , and the heavy falls of the blocks of stone from the top of the quarry ...
... Father Litaud , " take him to the quarry , and set him to work . " I went in . Half an hour afterwards , I heard from my window the resounding blows of the pickaxe , and the heavy falls of the blocks of stone from the top of the quarry ...
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