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1  Twice he opened his lips to speak to Mattie and found no breath.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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2  I knew then that it was she who had been speaking when we entered.
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3  She slipped out of his hold without speaking, and he stooped down and felt for the key.
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4  They went back into the kitchen without speaking, and Ethan picked up her bag and shawl.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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5  There seemed to be no answer to this, and again they drove on for a while without speaking.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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6  She drew aside without speaking, and Mattie and Ethan passed into the kitchen, which had the deadly chill of a vault after the dry cold of the night.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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7  One cold winter morning, as he dressed in the dark, his candle flickering in the draught of the ill-fitting window, he had heard her speak from the bed behind him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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8  She looked so small and pinched, in her poor dress, with the red scarf wound about her, and the cold light turning her paleness sallow, that Ethan stood before her without speaking.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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