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 1 X    |       limb and every feature. He tried hard to put on an innocent
 2 XVII |     alone I might have once more tried the effect of argument;
 3 XIX  |      declines to be convinced. I tried to resume the conversation.
 4 XXI  |     uncle, clinging to the wall, tried to nibble a few bits of
 5 XXVII|      pressure. I felt crushed.~I tried to carry back my ideas to
 6 XXVII|          met with no obstacle. I tried to recognise my way by the
 7 XXVII|        scientific discussions.~I tried to speak aloud, but hoarse
 8 XXIX |         excited, my uncle vainly tried to restrain me. When he
 9 XLII |          work. Torch in hand, he tried to gather some idea of our
10 XLII |      hardening into certainty. I tried to repel it, but it would
11 XLIII|         I hope not.”~I rose, and tried to look around me. Perhaps
12 XLIV | knowledge of many languages, now tried French: “Comment appellet-on