“He had thought of childhood as something intimate and pure, inside his home, his family. Instead of that, in Deborah's school he had been disturbed and thrilled by the presence all around him of something wild, barbaric, dark, compounded of… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
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“He had thought of childhood as something intimate and pure, inside his home, his family. Instead of that, in Deborah's school he had been… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
