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fairytales to a sleepy child at bedtime, but he sat a little too close. Flora wore a nightgown with short sleeves copied from that of the Montglas de Sancerre girl, a very sweet and depraved schoolmate, who taught her where to kick an enterprising gentleman.

A week or so later Flora happened to be laid up with a chest cold. The mercury went up to 38° in the late afternoon and she complained of a dull buzz

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給一個犯困的孩子講睡前童話故事，只是他坐得太近了些。弗洛拉模仿一位桑塞爾市的蒙哥拉斯姑娘的打扮，身穿一件短袖睡袍。那姑娘是她的一個非常可愛但家境貧寒的同學。她教過弗洛拉該踢一位過分大膽的紳士哪個部位。

大約一周后的一天，弗洛拉胸口發涼，臥病在床。傍晚時水銀體溫計顯示為三十八攝氏度，她抱怨說兩邊太陽穴隱約發出了嗡嗡聲。