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They followed him through the church to the cloisters, at the extremity of which was a small door, which the friar unlocked. It opened upon the woods. CHAPTER XIV “You’d have done the same thing for me,” returned Bob, anxious to get off the subject. “Let’s talk about the dam site.”.
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