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" She pulled Neeley forward. The man looked at them? a thin girl of ten with starveling hollows in her cheeks but with the chin still baby-round. He looked at the little boy with his fair hair and round blue-eyes-Neeley Nolan, all innocence and trust".Two ain't fair," yelped Punky".Shut your lousy trap," advised the man who held all power in that hour".These here kids is got nerve. Stan back, the rest of yous.
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