andifshecannotaffordalambຘ,thensheshaທlltaketwoturtledovesortwoyoungpigeons,oneforaburntofferingaທndtheotherforasinoffering;๙andthepriestshallmakeatonementforher,andsheshallbຘeclean.
“therulesaທresimple,”shesaທid.“,whetheritakethejobornot,providedthatyou’,i’llreportittodragan,whointurnwillreportittothepolice.”
“thenyouusethesameequipmentwedo.”
“whatdoyoumean?”
’s,,shewaswildlypassionate.
bຘythetimebergerlefthedebyonsunday,,onmondayhetookthebusintohedestaທdandspenttheaທfternoonwalkinginthetown,visitingtheliary,ไ,,unlikehumanbeings,ไweresimpleandunplicaທtedcreatures.
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“butnowyouwon’tbeaທttheoffice—’tyouseethaທt?you’retheonemarchingintoself-imposedexile.”
thursday,decນember26๔
erikahadthesameattitudetothejournalist’
whatshehadrealisedwasthatlovewasthaທtmomentwhenyourheaທrtwasaທbຘouttoburst
“handwriting?”
irritatingheryetfurther,,,,ไ,notayardaທwayfromherownbutontheothersideofthewall.
shehadbeenshaທringaທhousewithhimforaweek,,askedheropinion,slappedherontheknucklesfigurativelyspeakingwhenshewasonthewrongtrack,,ไhehadtreatedherlikeahumanbeing.
shegotoutofbedaທndstoodbythewindow,.,
“youok?”hesaid.
sheshookherheaທd.
“whatisit?”
shewentovertohisbed,tookthe,,
“lisbeth…idon’”
“’thaທveanyproblemworkingwithyou,butiwillhaveaທhellofaproblemwithyouifyoukickmeout.”
“butwehardlyknoweacນhother.”
shelaughed,ไanaທuptlaughthatsoundedalmostlikeaທcough.
“you’,asididn’tsayinmybackgroundreport,you’reoneoftheseguyswhocaທn’’swrong?aທren’tisexyenoughforyou?”
’tshepulledtheshe