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Stockley Cynthia. Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
Table of Contents
BLUE ALOES. THE LEOPARD. ROSANNE OZANNE. APRIL FOLLY
PART I
PART II
"DEAR MISS CHAINE:
"BERNARD VAN CANNAN
TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED WIFE, CLARICE VAN CANNAN (BORN QUENTIN), WHO DIED AT EAST LONDON, JUNE 7, 19—, AND WAS BROUGHT BACK TO REST NEAR HER SORROWING HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. (AGED 27)
PART III
PART I
PART II
LUNDI DEAR:
MARICE
PART I
PART II
PART I
PART II
"APRIL POOLE."
"DIANA."
PART III
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Cynthia Stockley
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Yes, yes!" he cried eagerly. "'Blossom like the rose'—that comes out of the Bible! I have heard daddy read it. But we must not talk about it to mamma. It makes her too sad to come here, or even talk about it. Mamma doesn't like sad things."
Suddenly, the strange quietude of the place was invaded by the sound of voices. They were far-off voices, but both the girl and the child started as though caught in some forbidden act, and instinctively took hands. A moment later they were hurrying away from the lonely spot, back by the way they had come. Half-way home they came upon Richard Saltire and the squad of Kafirs who carried his implements and liquids. Theirs were the voices that had been heard. Work had begun on the territory so thickly sewn with prickly-pears that lay between farm and cemetery.
