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God¡¡that¡¡I¡¡am¡¡dead¡£¡¨



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after¡¡all¡£¡¨



¡¨In¡¡time£¿¡¡¡¡What¡¡do¡¡you¡¡mean£¿¡¨¡¡she¡¡questioned¡£



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he¡¡replied¡£¡¡¡¡¡¨Do¡¡you¡¡not¡¡remember£¿¡¨

¡¨Save¡¡me¡¡from¡¡death£¿¡¨¡¡she¡¡asked£»¡¡in¡¡a¡¡puzzled¡¡tone¡£

¡¨Are¡¡we¡¡not¡¡both¡¡dead£»¡¡my¡¡Tarzan£¿¡¨



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a¡¡few¡¡short¡¡hours¡¡ago¡£¡¡¡¡No£»¡¡dear£»¡¡we¡¡are¡¡both¡¡very¡¡much¡¡alive¡£¡¨



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or¡¡been¡¡picked¡¡up¡£¡¨



¡¨How¡¡can¡¡I¡¡convince¡¡you¡¡that¡¡I¡¡am¡¡no¡¡spirit£¿¡¨¡¡he¡¡asked£»

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wild¡¡man¡¡you¡¡first¡¡knew£»¡¡Jane¡¡Porter¡£¡¨



The¡¡girl¡¡rose¡¡slowly¡¡to¡¡her¡¡feet¡¡and¡¡came¡¡toward¡¡him¡£



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things¡¡that¡¡I¡¡have¡¡passed¡¡through¡¡these¡¡awful¡¡months¡¡since

the¡¡LADY¡¡ALICE¡¡went¡¡down¡£¡¨



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upon¡¡his¡¡arm¡£



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