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... In her eyes there is pride and confidence, in her fist resolve and mastery, and the sign of victory is knotted between her two tender fingers... And that faraway look — what does it mean? Dominion over man, or struggle and striving to raise the standing of woman??

— 16 —

Does not this sweet smile of mine wipe away all life's troubles and all its heavy, gathered clouds, so that it turns clear, like radiant spring??

— 15 —

Come, let's all play together —

toss the ball up in the air!

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Perhaps she is a gifted musician, this little one, cradling her oud, with a dreamy wistfulness in her gaze!!

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