Chapter VI · The Golden Shell (continued 2)
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The Red Lily. Translated by Winifred Stephens.
The Well of Saint Clare. Translated by Alfred Allinson.
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Our Lady’s Juggler
Amycus and Celestine
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In the Elysian Fields
Card Houses
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