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‘You did them a favor You made them put one foot in front of the other’

‘Is that what I did? So it’s their victory’

‘They ht not know it, but yes Every time you take a step, even when you don’t want to,’ said Bleak ‘When it hurts, when it , that’s good Anything that a over his next move’

Quartermain let himself be pushed another block in silence and then said: ‘Braling was a fool’

‘The ht be alive today if he hadn’t scared hiht he could stand still or even run backward He thought he could trick life Tricked hiht into a fine oration and a quick burial’

They turned a corner

‘Oh, it’s hard to let go,’ said Quarter I ever touched Preach to me, Bleak!’

Bleak, obediently, preached: ‘Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get Life should be touched, not strangled You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forith it It’s like boats You keep your motor on so you can steer with the current And when you hear the sound of the waterfall co nearer and nearer, tidy up the boat, put on your best tie and hat, and so over That’s a triuue with the cataract’

‘Take ain’

‘Here we go’

The leaf–light flickered on the paper–thin skin of the old ht They moved in a soft whisper

‘All of a sudden In that boy’s face … He gave me a piece of cake, Bleak’

‘I saw him’

‘Why, why did he do it? He kept looking at me as if I were someone new Was that it? Or what? Why did he do it? And there I was,out of his face And I knew I’d lost’

‘Let’s say you didn’t win, maybe But you didn’t lose’