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The
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Michener
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Chapter
IX The Englishmen
The
Covenant
First
Edition, pages 499-502
Fawcett
Edition, pages 711-715
It
began one autumn morning in May 1856 when a short, frail girl
of fourteen went to a pool in a stream east of the Great Fish
River and saw therein a ghostly assembly of figures accompanied
by swirling mists... (SEE
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Draft for Saltwood - Desai story
| Chapter
IX The Englishmen
The
Covenant
First
Edition, pages 515-517
Fawcett
Edition, pages 733-737
Prince
Alfred sent his mother such a glowing account of richard saltwood's
hostpiality taht when her prime minister later raised a matter
of importance which concerned both India and Natal, she put
forward the name of the master of De Kraal... (SEE
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