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Examples
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And Melicent came, from the cell where Elis lay sore with trampling, but filled and overfilled with unexpected bliss.
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And Brother Cadfael turned his back on the muddy ford and the bloodied stakes, and knelt beside Melicent in the grass.
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'Sister,' said Melicent, going arrow, straight to the point, 'when you go back to Godric's Ford, will you take me with you?'
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Cadfael had got the boy into his hose and shirt and coat, and Melicent had combed out the tangles from his hair, since he could not do it himself without pain.
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Two clear hours should be ample start, and someone had to be the first to go in, no, not the first, for certainly Melicent was there before him, but the first of the others, the potential enemy, the uninitiated.
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In her own as yet unreasoned and unquestioned happiness, Melicent moved as one led by angelic inspiration, exalted and humbled, requiring to serve.
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The solid slope, cushioned by turf, received the weight gently as Melicent lowered her burden.
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He cast one brief glance at Melicent and she at him.
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Melicent found herself indulged but neglected, but in affection to a very pretty little brother she felt no resentment.
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It was Melicent who cradled Elis and Eliud as Cadfael felt his way about the head of the shaft, sawed deeply into the wood, and then braced both hands to snap off the head with the least movement.
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