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Page 392
... hand out , and said , " Good - bye , " as if it were a natural thing to say . The hand was pure white - white and fragrant as the frosted blossom of a Maynight . It was the hand whose shadow , cast before , he had last night bent his ...
... hand out , and said , " Good - bye , " as if it were a natural thing to say . The hand was pure white - white and fragrant as the frosted blossom of a Maynight . It was the hand whose shadow , cast before , he had last night bent his ...
Page 409
... hand . In a few moments he raised his left hand slowly to his forehead and took off his hat ; then , letting his hand fall with the same slowness , Jean Valjean resumed his contem- plations , his cap in his left hand , his club in his ...
... hand . In a few moments he raised his left hand slowly to his forehead and took off his hat ; then , letting his hand fall with the same slowness , Jean Valjean resumed his contem- plations , his cap in his left hand , his club in his ...
Page 487
... hand in hand with the noble simplicity of his life . One summer morning , therefore , he took passage by the railroad , and , in the decline of the afternoon , alighted from the cars at no great distance from Ernest's cottage . The ...
... hand in hand with the noble simplicity of his life . One summer morning , therefore , he took passage by the railroad , and , in the decline of the afternoon , alighted from the cars at no great distance from Ernest's cottage . The ...
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