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“But the mountains, relieved of the pressure of the sun, were dark and shadowy, and the fields, still lighted by the sun, were clear and green, and Natalie, lying with her cheek on her arm, felt herself running, lighter than anything she had ever known, running with great soft steps across the world. Her feet brushed the ground—she could feel it, she could feel it—her hair fell soundlessly behind, her long legs
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“Somewhere in the world trees were growing, Natalie thought as she walked down the hall of the house where she now lived; her feet on the linoleum floor made a flat sound, as of one walking upon dead earth.”
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arched, and the breath came cold in her throat. The first to awaken, the first to come, misty, into the world, moving through an unpeopled country, without a footstep, going up the mountains, touching the still wet grass with her hands. The mountains, full-bosomed and rich, extended themselves to her in a surge of emotion, turning slightly as she came, receiving her, and Natalie, her mouth against the grass and her eyes tearful from looking into the sun, took the mountains to herself and whispered, ‘Sister, sister.’ ‘Sister, sister,’ she said, and the mountains stirred, and answered.”
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