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CHAPTER XI.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
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CHAPTER XI. WE GIVE A SIGN For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence, being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had seen to talk.
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Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,”
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From this reading WE GIVE A SIGN
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From this reading CHAPTER XI.
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading WE GIVE A SIGN
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From this reading being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had
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From this reading being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had
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From this reading being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had
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From this reading being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading seen to talk.
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading WE GIVE A SIGN
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading seen to talk.
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From this reading being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading seen to talk.
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From this reading being too much overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors we had
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading WE GIVE A SIGN
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From this reading For a long while—two hours, I should think—we sat there in silence,
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From this reading CHAPTER XI.
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