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No I suppose the girl Flora went on that errand reasonably And then,

why! This was the moment for which she had lived It was her only point

of contact with existence Oh yes She had been assisted by the Fynes

And kindly Certainly Kindly But that's not enough There is a kind

way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their

hearts while it saves their outer envelope How cold, how infernally

cold she nation or sha

me if I don't believe that some women could live by love alone If there

be a flaredients earthly and

spiritual which tinge it in different hues, then I seem to see the colour

of theirs It is azureWhat the devil are you laughing at"

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but there was the flicker of a smile on his lips "You say I don't knoomen Maybe It's just as well not to come too close to the shrine

But I have a clear notion of woant, flirt,

crank, washerwo, outcast and even in the ordinary fool

of the ordinary co left, if only a spark And

when there is a spark there can always be a flaain

"I don't mean to say that Flora de Barral was one of the sort that could

live by love alone In fact she had ed to live without But still,

in the distrust of herself and of others she looked for love, any kind of

love, as women will And that confounded jail was the only spot where