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Updated: June 21, 2025

There was an end to their conversation after that, and Doss fell asleep on her knee. At last the night-wind grew very chilly. "Ah," she said, shivering, and drawing the skirt about her shoulders, "I am cold. Span-in the horses, and call me when you are ready." She slipped down and walked toward the house, Doss stiffly following her, not pleased at being roused. At the door she met Gregory.

Olive Schreiner - The Story of an African Farm, a novel