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GLORY

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"OH, SHAKA, GRANT HONORABLE WAR—"

IRST Madame Pine-Tree observed the increased devotion of her daughter-in-law. Then she satisfied her curiosity concerning it. When Glory splashed into her penitential ice-bath the next morning, she slipped out of her futon and took a position behind the fusuma, close to the Butsu-dan. And this is what she heard: "Oh, Shaka! Hail—hail—hail! Also perceive! And all the augustnesses—hail!—and perceive! Look down. I have brought a sacrifice of flowers—and new

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