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I had no idea

I pressed the handkerchief to my mouth I could smell the scent of New Orleans dust and mold and warmth

I wiped my mouth

"All right!" I declared breathlessly "If you haven't become

cousted with me¡ª"

"Hardly!" he said, as politely as David ht have said

"Then tell o on! Tell me! I"

"Yes?"

"I/we to know!"

He rose to his feet, shook the grass from his loose robe, and said:

"That's what I've been waiting for Noe can truly begin "

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LET'S h the forest as we talk," he said "If you don't"

"No, not at all," I said