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  1. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    in the clear brown were little flecks of black like pieces of bark
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  2. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    Elle se sentait tellement déconcertée par la contradiction existant entre ce qu'elle pensait et ce qu'on espérait d'elle qu'elle était incapable de parler. Peut-être valait-il mieux qu'elle se taise, en attendant d'être plus sûre de ce qu'elle voulait dire. Ainsi ses paroles ne pourraient-elles être déformées et lui être renvoyées à la figure.
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  3. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    A firefly landed on Honor's sleeve and began walking up her shoulder, its tail still blinking. As she craned her neck to look down at it, Jack chuckled. "Don't be scared. It's just a lightning bug." He placed his finger in its path. Honor tried not to think about the pressure of his touch. When the firefly crawled onto his finger, he lifted it up and let it fly off, signaling its escape route with sparks of light.
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  4. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    The second he was gone the women began chattering like chickens at the sight of a fox.
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  5. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    Perhaps thee will best understand what Abigail is like if I tell thee that when she quilts she prefers to stitch in the ditch, hiding her poor stitches in the seams between the blocks.
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  6. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    What made him most attractive was that he was attracted to her. Another's interest can be a powerful stimulant. She could feel his eyes on her as an almost physical pressure.
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  7. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    It is less distracting in the silence," she said. "Sustained silence allows one truly to listen to what is deep inside. We call it waiting in expectation.
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  8. Tracy Chevalier _ The Last Runaway

    I have a bed and enough to eat and kind people about me. God is still with me. For these things I am grateful and have no reason to complain
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