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“The green began to seethe.”
“717! You are behaving like a demented bluebottle - stop that!”
“The man stood alone by the hive. On impulse he put his palm against the wood, as if feeling for a pulse.”
“Awestruck, Flora stared at the dishevelled sisters with their blazing faces and radiant ragged wings, who smelled of no kin but the wild high air.”
“Flora took pleasure in the delicacy of her approach and studied the ways of the smallest, sweetest blooms she could find, tiny pimpernels and forget-me-nots hiding in the pockets of the fields. The...”