In the course of ten sleeps-as days are called-the first moon of the long night sank below the horizon and the colorful stars fierily glittered over a world of black silence.
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T. Everett Harré
He wondered how it was that he could have waited so long for her since the first night of their meeting, and he just distinguished the fact that he lived with the pulses of the minutes, much as she did, only more fierily.
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"I can't imagine how you can laugh," said Olga fierily, tearing the strip to fragments.
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