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The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.
Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.
But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?
For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.
But if it be not gone, then there may yet be another token."
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The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.
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Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.
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But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?
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For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.
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But if it be not gone, then there may yet be another token."

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Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.”

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a

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

again

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

also

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

and

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

another

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From this reading But if it be not gone, then there may yet be another token."

any

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

Are

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

art

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

as

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

aught

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

bare

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

be

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

been

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

betwixt

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

body

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

but

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

cliff

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

dear

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

Drunk

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

else

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

falling

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

fast

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

flowing

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

For

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

from

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

Glad

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

gone

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

great

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

had

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

hast

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

Have

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

hurt

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

I

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

if

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

it

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

just

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

left

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

life

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

Long

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

lord

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

lovely

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

may

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From this reading But if it be not gone, then there may yet be another token."

me

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

never

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

not

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From this reading But if it be not gone, then there may yet be another token."

Now

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

of

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

over

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

Ralph

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

renewal

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

said

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

sands

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

say

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

scar

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

sea

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

shadows

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

she

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

should

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

slept

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

space

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

spake

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

speaking

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

still

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

surely

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

tell

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

that

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

the

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

them

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

Then

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

there

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

They

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

thou

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

though

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

thy

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

till

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

to

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

token

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From this reading For if now that were gone, surely it should be a token of the renewal of thy life.

upon

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From this reading But tell me, hast thou had any scar of a hurt upon thy body?

Ursula

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

was

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

were

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

west

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From this reading Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad Long they slept till the shadows were falling from the west, and the sea was flowing fast again over the sands beneath them, though there was still a great space bare betwixt the cliff and the sea.

Yea

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From this reading Then spake Ursula as if Ralph had but just left speaking; and she said: "Yea, dear lord, and I also say, that, lovely as thou art now, never hast thou been aught else but lovely to me.

yet

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From this reading But if it be not gone, then there may yet be another token."

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