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Excerpt from L'Écueil
Il essuya par un geste convulsif la sueur qui humectait son front livide, et se penchant sur ce lit plus redoutable pour lui que n'eùt été une tombe entr'ouverte, il approcha de nouveau son oreille de la bouche fraîche et charmante d'où sortaient des paroles empoisonnées.
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