Mara and Dann

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Author's Note vii

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The scene that the child, then the girl, then the... 1

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On the low hill overlooking the village was a tall... 55

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It was almost dark in the room, because the door... 64

4

The two stood at the door and looked into the... 82

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She walked away from the house, and never in her... 115

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Now they began walking down a steep slope of chalky. 134

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Now Mara spent her days in the fields with Meryx... 153

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Mara set off for the centre of Chelops watched by... 176

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In the running chair, Mara held her sack, Dann his,... 204

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This wide river did not have the force of its. 229

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Most evenings Shabis was not there; on reconnaissance, he said,. 254

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Mara had not seen much more than what immediately... 262

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At first they marched through grasslands broken by clumps of. 271

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Then, unexpectedly, since no one had believed the rumours, a… 277

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Mara and Dann, each with a sack over a shoulder,. 284

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It was past midnight when the girl gasped, "Here it... 290

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In the street a couple of men strode fast towards. 300

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Mara was falling asleep, and she was thinking, not of. 325

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On this last night before the river, Daulis said they. 356

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It was only just light. They were walking east, returning... 386

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