ODOUR OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS
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inert, unresponsive, apart. The horror of the
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distance between them was almost too much for her
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-- it was so infinite a gap she must look across. 4
At last it was finished. They covered him with a
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sheet and left him lying, with his face bound. And
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she fastened the door of the little parlour, lest the
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children should see what was lying there. Then,
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with peace sunk heavy on her heart, she went about
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making tidy the kitchen. She knew she submitted
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to life, which was her immediate master. But from
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death, her ultimate master, she winced with fear
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and shame. 