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It was a fleeting illusion: the bishop began to make the sign of the cross in the air opposite the crowd on the pier, and he kept on doing it mechanically afterwards, without malice or inspiration, until the boat was lost from view and all that remained was the uproar of the roosters.
— Nov 23, 2025 06:40AM
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She had a well-earned reputation as an accurate interpreter of other people’s dreams, provided they were told her before eating, but she hadn’t noticed any ominous augury in those two dreams of her son’s, or in the other dreams of trees he’d described to her on the mornings preceding his death.
— Nov 22, 2025 11:45AM
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Thank you, cycads and ferns! Nice to hear from you.I like the phrase, “mechanically . . . , without malice or inspiration.”
Thank you, Melanie Garcia! Nice to hear from you.I’m a big Márquez fan, who I read in English.
Thank you, Mark. Nice to meet you.A real pageturner!
Thank you, Miha!Somehow I missed this one. Pretty good so far.🙂
Thank you, Jsiva!Good author, good story, so far.
I like the phrase, “without malice or inspiration.”