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pallid
the sky closed over him in pallid darkness
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the sky closed over him in pallid darkness
daring as chamois in the mountains
A dray also went by; on the driver's seat, which was stuffed with straw, sat a man
[...] '[...] One works so feverishly at the office that afterwards one is too tired even to enjoy one's holidays properly. But even all that work does not give one a claim to be treated lovingly by everyone; on the contrary, one is alone, a total stranger and only an object of curiosity. And as lon…