Birdsong
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Stephen, Elizabeth
Rip's impressions
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The boulevard du Gange was a broad, quiet street that marked the eastern flank of the city of Amiens.
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He threw the chestnuts up into the air in his great happiness. In the tree above him they disturbed a roosting crow, which erupted from the branches with an explosive bang of its wings, then rose toward the sky, its harsh, ambiguous call coming back in long, grating waves toward the earth, to be heard by those still living.
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