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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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给一个犯困的孩子讲睡前童话故事，只是他坐得太近了些。弗洛拉模仿一位桑塞尔市的蒙哥拉斯姑娘的打扮，身穿一件短袖睡袍。那姑娘是她的一个非常可爱但家境贫寒的同学。她教过弗洛拉该踢一位过分大胆的绅士哪个部位。

大约一周后的一天，弗洛拉胸口发凉，卧病在床。傍晚时水银体温计显示为三十八摄氏度，她抱怨说两边太阳穴隐约发出了嗡嗡声。