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When they reached their neighbor 's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought - of the type to which she was frequently subject these days - that they might never see one another again. | said | {
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When they reached their neighbor 's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought - of the type to which she was frequently subject these days - that they might never see one another again. | kissed | {
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When they reached their neighbor 's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought - of the type to which she was frequently subject these days - that they might never see one another again. | prompted | {
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When they reached their neighbor 's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought - of the type to which she was frequently subject these days - that they might never see one another again. | was | {
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When they reached their neighbor 's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought - of the type to which she was frequently subject these days - that they might never see one another again. | see | {
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Then she turned the station wagon around and headed it back down the hill, with the village as her ostensible destination. | turned | {
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Then she turned the station wagon around and headed it back down the hill, with the village as her ostensible destination. | headed | {
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As she drove, she thought about her plan. | drove | {
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As she drove, she thought about her plan. | thought about | {
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It was really quite simple. | was | {
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So simple, in fact, that it might even work - although Pamela, now, in her new frame of mind, was careful not to pretend too much assurance. | work | {
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So simple, in fact, that it might even work - although Pamela, now, in her new frame of mind, was careful not to pretend too much assurance. | was | {
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So simple, in fact, that it might even work - although Pamela, now, in her new frame of mind, was careful not to pretend too much assurance. | pretend | {
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That mistake, she thought, had cost her dearly these past few days, and she wanted to avoid falling into any more of the traps that the mountain might set for her. | thought | {
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That mistake, she thought, had cost her dearly these past few days, and she wanted to avoid falling into any more of the traps that the mountain might set for her. | cost | {
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That mistake, she thought, had cost her dearly these past few days, and she wanted to avoid falling into any more of the traps that the mountain might set for her. | wanted | {
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That mistake, she thought, had cost her dearly these past few days, and she wanted to avoid falling into any more of the traps that the mountain might set for her. | avoid | {
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That mistake, she thought, had cost her dearly these past few days, and she wanted to avoid falling into any more of the traps that the mountain might set for her. | falling | {
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That mistake, she thought, had cost her dearly these past few days, and she wanted to avoid falling into any more of the traps that the mountain might set for her. | set | {
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She must be cautious so as not to alert the scheming forest. | be | {
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She must be cautious so as not to alert the scheming forest. | alert | {
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When the station wagon drew abreast of the dusty dirt road that led up to the porch of the Culver house, Pamela turned the wheel, guiding the car to its familiar parking spot close to the house, and stopped. | drew | {
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When the station wagon drew abreast of the dusty dirt road that led up to the porch of the Culver house, Pamela turned the wheel, guiding the car to its familiar parking spot close to the house, and stopped. | led | {
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When the station wagon drew abreast of the dusty dirt road that led up to the porch of the Culver house, Pamela turned the wheel, guiding the car to its familiar parking spot close to the house, and stopped. | turned | {
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When the station wagon drew abreast of the dusty dirt road that led up to the porch of the Culver house, Pamela turned the wheel, guiding the car to its familiar parking spot close to the house, and stopped. | guiding | {
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When the station wagon drew abreast of the dusty dirt road that led up to the porch of the Culver house, Pamela turned the wheel, guiding the car to its familiar parking spot close to the house, and stopped. | stopped | {
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All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime. | were | {
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All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime. | partaking | {
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All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime. | plotted | {
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All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime. | knows | {
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All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime. | take | {
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She locked the ignition, removed the keys, stepped out of the car and went into the house. | locked | {
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She locked the ignition, removed the keys, stepped out of the car and went into the house. | removed | {
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She locked the ignition, removed the keys, stepped out of the car and went into the house. | stepped | {
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She locked the ignition, removed the keys, stepped out of the car and went into the house. | went into | {
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Here, she dropped the keys on a small table beside the door and went upstairs to her bedroom. | dropped | {
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Here, she dropped the keys on a small table beside the door and went upstairs to her bedroom. | went | {
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On her bureau lay a small, brass ornament of simple design and faded engraving - an object which, Pamela believed now, had been the property of her great-grandfather, Major Hiram Munroe Culver. | lay | {
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On her bureau lay a small, brass ornament of simple design and faded engraving - an object which, Pamela believed now, had been the property of her great-grandfather, Major Hiram Munroe Culver. | believed | {
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On her bureau lay a small, brass ornament of simple design and faded engraving - an object which, Pamela believed now, had been the property of her great-grandfather, Major Hiram Munroe Culver. | been | {
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He had belonged to this land and, perhaps, had desecrated it - and this was the only material symbol that remained of him. | belonged to | {
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He had belonged to this land and, perhaps, had desecrated it - and this was the only material symbol that remained of him. | desecrated | {
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He had belonged to this land and, perhaps, had desecrated it - and this was the only material symbol that remained of him. | remained | {
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If she, Pamela, were being held responsible for his crimes, then hers must be the final act of expiation. | held | {
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She would return this symbol to the mountain, as one pours seed back into the soil every Spring & & & or as ancient fertility cults demand annual human sacrifice. | return | {
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She would return this symbol to the mountain, as one pours seed back into the soil every Spring & & & or as ancient fertility cults demand annual human sacrifice. | pours | {
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She would return this symbol to the mountain, as one pours seed back into the soil every Spring & & & or as ancient fertility cults demand annual human sacrifice. | demand | {
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Slowly and thoughtfully, she slipped the ornament into the pocket of her slacks, moved down the stairs and out of the house. | slipped | {
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Slowly and thoughtfully, she slipped the ornament into the pocket of her slacks, moved down the stairs and out of the house. | moved | {
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Perhaps it was insane, Pamela thought. | was | {
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Perhaps it was all a vividly conceived dream. | was | {
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But she was caught in it, and she faced the terrible possibility that, if it were a dream, it was one from which she might never awaken. | caught | {
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But she was caught in it, and she faced the terrible possibility that, if it were a dream, it was one from which she might never awaken. | awaken | {
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Facing the forest now, she who had not dared to enter it before, walked between two trees at random and headed in what she believed was the direction of the pool. | Facing | {
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She remembered little of her previous journey there with Grace, and she could but hope that her dedication to her mission would enable her to accomplish it. | remembered | {
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She remembered little of her previous journey there with Grace, and she could but hope that her dedication to her mission would enable her to accomplish it. | accomplish | {
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The forest was open and freely welcoming, extending an enchanted hand. | was | {
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The forest was open and freely welcoming, extending an enchanted hand. | extending | {
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... | [
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The ground was covered with soft pine needles and the slope was gentle. | was | {
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Birds chirped and chattered in the trees and the sun, all dewy-eyed and soft, caressed her shoulders warmly from time to time. | chirped | {
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Birds chirped and chattered in the trees and the sun, all dewy-eyed and soft, caressed her shoulders warmly from time to time. | chattered | {
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Birds chirped and chattered in the trees and the sun, all dewy-eyed and soft, caressed her shoulders warmly from time to time. | caressed | {
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]
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It was not, thought Pamela, such an evil place after all. | was | {
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It was not, thought Pamela, such an evil place after all. | thought | {
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No wonder Melissa responded so completely to its beckoning. | responded | {
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Perhaps she had no reason to fear these trees that whispered their secrets above her head as she passed. | had | {
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Perhaps she had no reason to fear these trees that whispered their secrets above her head as she passed. | fear | {
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Perhaps she had no reason to fear these trees that whispered their secrets above her head as she passed. | whispered | {
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"whisper%2:32:00::"
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Perhaps she had no reason to fear these trees that whispered their secrets above her head as she passed. | passed | {
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Was it not possible, after all, that the forest was in league with her and her child, that its sympathy lay with the Culvers, that she had erred in failing to understand this? | was | {
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Was it not possible, after all, that the forest was in league with her and her child, that its sympathy lay with the Culvers, that she had erred in failing to understand this? | lay | {
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"lie%2:42:01::"
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Was it not possible, after all, that the forest was in league with her and her child, that its sympathy lay with the Culvers, that she had erred in failing to understand this? | erred | {
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"err%2:31:00::"
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Was it not possible, after all, that the forest was in league with her and her child, that its sympathy lay with the Culvers, that she had erred in failing to understand this? | failing | {
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"fail%2:41:02::"
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Was it not possible, after all, that the forest was in league with her and her child, that its sympathy lay with the Culvers, that she had erred in failing to understand this? | understand | {
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Pamela felt calm and peaceful as she walked along. | felt | {
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Pamela felt calm and peaceful as she walked along. | walked | {
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The slight flutter that had disturbed the motion of her heart when she entered the forest was gone now, and even the dim groves of trees through which she occasionally passed did not reawaken her fear. | disturbed | {
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"disturb%2:35:01::"
] |
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