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248 “ LaveHinG Boy RR A A A A A A AAA A A A AA A A AA A AAA AAA AAA AAA wards there were going to be terrible feelings a-.- thoughts, but now he knew what was to be dor=. His face showed no particular age, young or old: :- was hardly the face of an individual, rather, of = race. Slim Girl stood in the doorway, neat, dressed i= American clothes. ‘Come here, little sister.” Voice even and imr- personal. She walked slowly. For the first time since k= had known her, he saw that her self-possessicz was only a surface. She looked as though a sea-- ing light was shining before her, showing her Hel. She stood beside his saddle. ‘Did you kill him?’ ‘No, I hit him in the shoulder.’ This was the fourth arrow. It was right tha: such a thing should happen by fours. The gods were in it. “You have killed us both, I think.’ She did not answer. He looked at her eyes. then avoided them; not from shame, but becaus: there was too much in them. He did not want t- begin to realize yet. He must keep his head. He thought how beautiful she was, and began to fee! the greatness of his loss. ‘You understand what I am doing?’ Again she did not answer.

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