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Tainaron - Mail from another city { 1 }
by Leena Krohn { 2 }
Passing bells - the twenty-ninth letter { 578 }
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'What happened to the prince?' I asked the Rhinoceros Beetle. For the cause of his death had not been divulged on the news. | { 581 } |
'Him? He just died,' the Rhinoceros Beetle answered, turning his slow gaze upon me. 'It was high time. He was an old man.' | { 582 } |
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'No more suddenly than anything else,' the Rhinoceros Beetle growled, even more dully than usual. | { 586 } |
Slow-blooded, simple-minded creature! How could Longhorn ever have imagined that the Rhinoceros Beetle could have replaced him as my guide to Tainaron? | { 587 } |
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'Will you go to a memorial service in one of the temples? What religion do you belong to?' I found myself asking, for I wished to change the subject, which had proved fruitless. | { 592 } |
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'Each in turn? Surely that is not possible,' I said, stunned. And 'naturally' - surely that was too much. | { 594 } |
'But if where you are now has the highest knowledge, why is it worth moving to another parish?' | { 596 } |
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