heart-bowed-down

Updated: May 28, 2025

The hermit looked in defiance round the listening circle. "'You're chuck full of sorrow now, I said to McMann, 'but it won't last long. He shook his head. 'Nonsense, I told him. 'Look at me. Do you see me doing a heart-bowed-down act under the palms? Do you find anything but joy in my face? And he couldn't, the lie unfolding itself in such splendor to me. 'You? he asked. 'Me, I said.

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