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Amanda ... seized the newborn from his hands and gently placed her on the warm belly of her mother, where she found some consolation for the sadness of being born.

The first tremor of the earthquake lasted nearly a minute and was the strongest that had ever been recorded in that country of catastrophes.

She was still a beautiful woman, with rich curves and the oval face of a Roman madonna, but already the ugliness of resignation could be glimpsed through her pale, peach-toned skin and her eyes full of shadows.