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CHAPTER IX.
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Chapter IX
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CHAPTER IX. The river pageant. At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was blazing with light. The river itself, as far as the eye could reach
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading The river itself, as far as the eye could reach
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading The river itself, as far as the eye could reach
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From this reading CHAPTER IX.
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading The river pageant.
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading The river itself, as far as the eye could reach
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From this reading The river pageant.
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading The river pageant.
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was
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From this reading blazing with light.
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