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Mrs. St. Aubyn, were you ill before?
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- Before?
- Before I came to work for you?
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Yes, I was ill for a long time before.
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But since I came, you've been worse?
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Yes, that was to be expected.
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Why do you ask, Thea?
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You're not thinking that you're at fault?
It isn't that, is it?
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I thought I had given you
something better to hold on to...
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than those silly stories of evil spirits
and malignant forces...
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that you heard in your home village.
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But you do grow worse, weaker.
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But that's not your fault, child.
It couldn't be.
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It's very simple.
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My illness is incurable.
Naturally, it grows worse as time goes on.
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Could it be my spirit?
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Something over which
I myself have no force or will?
:41:57
You are good, Thea, kind and generous.
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How can anything bad
come from goodness?
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I try to be good. I try to be kind.
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- But how can I know what my spirit...
- Your spirit is yourself, Thea.
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You needn't worry about Vorvolakas.
:42:16
When you left this room
a few moments ago...
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there was an open,
giving look on your face.
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Where were you going?
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To that young man?
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And why didn't you go to him?
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You met the General
and he talked to you of this nonsense.
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That's it, isn't it?
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Thea...
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go to the young man...
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and wear the same happy look
you had before.